It's a blah little exploitation picture that thinks it's a deep humanist parable.
– David Edelstein,
Slate,
15 Sep 2003
fresh:
Matchstick Men is really two movies brilliantly spliced into one, each enriching the other.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
16 Sep 2003
fresh:
A thoroughly absorbing hour and 56 minutes of entertainment.
– Andrew Sarris,
New York Observer,
26 Sep 2003
fresh:
Ridley Scott lets us enjoy the satisfying clicks and whirrs of the well-oiled celluloid con trick, while leaving plenty of head room for Cage to twitch and fret in.
– Derek Adams,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
Matchstick Men never really casts off its cloak of artificiality and calculation; its pleasures are minor, however distracting they may be.