Entertainment Weekly
"...Cage's energized participation and Lohman's striking charisma are welcome additives..." 09/19/2003 p.62-3New York Times
"...Ms. Lohman shows the same pitch-perfect balance of guilelessness and coquetry she brought to WHITE OLEANDER..." 09/12/2003 p.E12 USA Today
"...MATCHSTICK MEN is a well-acted and intriguing exploration of dishonesty in its varied forms, leavened with a dry comic touch..." 09/12/2003 p.9E Los Angeles Times
"...A natural-born filmmaker, Scott has a visual style that in its balance of pointillist detail and sweeping scale can complement whatever large-scale story he's chewed off..." 09/12/2003 p.C14 Chicago Sun-Times
"...What in another actor would be overacting is, with Cage, a kind of fearsome intensity. There's an Oscar nomination here for him..." 09/12/2003 p.29 Rolling Stone
"...Nicolas Cage is at the top of his game....Cage and Rockwell play off each other with devilish finesse. And Lohman is on fire..." 10/02/2003 p.125 Movieline's Hollywood Life
"...MATCHSTICK MEN finds Scott in a playful mood, and he does some of the most relaxed directing of his career..." 11/01/2003 p.116-18 Premiere
"Ridley Scott's deft touch helps make the twist at the end both surprising and solid." 03/01/2004 p.94 | 
