Matchstick Men glides from comedy to suspense to poignance, arriving at a destination you might not suspect...Fun while it lasts, but it's a bit of a con job itself.

This is a movie about con games at every level.

Matchstick Men never really casts off its cloak of artificiality and calculation; its pleasures are minor, however distracting they may be.

Matchstick Men -- a nice strong balance of laughter and melodrama that envelops you like A Summer Wind.