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Roy is a highly skilled, obsessive-compulsive con artist who, along with his ambitious partner Frank, operates profitable low-level swindles. His highly structured, agoraphobic life is completely upended when his therapist helps him track down Angela, the teenage daughter he never knew he had. As Angela integrates into his life, she discovers her father's true profession and demands to learn the trade, forcing Roy into a complex, high-stakes game that threatens to unravel his sanity and his stolen fortune.
*Audio Commentary: Feature-length commentary track by director Ridley Scott, co-writer Nicholas Griffin, and co-writer Ted Griffin *Tricks of the Trade: Making Matchstick Men - Follow the Director Through An Intimate Day-to-Day Account of the Filmmaking Process
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Matchstick Men (2003)
116 min
A phobic con artist and his protege are on the verge of pulling off a lucrative swindle when the con artist's teenage daughter arrives unexpectedly.