Matchstick Men Page #5

Synopsis: Meet Roy and Frank, a couple of professional small-time con artists. What Roy, a veteran of the grift, and Frank, his ambitious protégé, are swindling these days are "water filtration systems," bargain-basement water filters bought by unsuspecting people who pay ten times their value in order to win bogus prizes like cars, jewelry and overseas vacations--which they never collect. These scams net the flim-flam men a few hundred here, another thousand there, which eventually adds up to a lucrative partnership. Roy's private life, however, is not so successful. An obsessive-compulsive agoraphobe with no personal relationships to call his own, Roy is barely hanging on to his wits, and when his idiosyncrasies begin to threaten his criminal productivity he's forced to seek the help of a psychoanalyst just to keep him in working order. While Roy is looking for a quick fix, his therapy begets more than he bargained for: the revelation that he has a teenage daughter--a child whose existence he
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Ridley Scott
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
  5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Metacritic:
61
Rotten Tomatoes:
82%
PG-13
Year:
2003
116 min
$36,873,198
Website
560 Views


Hey, hey. Hey.

-l just-- l have things a certain way.

-Okay.

Wait. That`s her car in the driveway.

You gotta stop here. Stop!

Maybe we could go bowling sometime.

My private line.

My mom got it for my birthday because my

friend Carrie kept calling after midnight.

Here you go.

-Nice to meet you, Dad.

-Nice to meet you, Dad.

Go.

What`s more important than family?

Then what could be more important

than purifying the water your family drinks?

The Waterson 2000 offers you the cleanest

filtration system available today.

Mr. Schlickling, can you hold on

just one moment? Thank you.

What?

What`s going on with you?

You switch shampoos or something?

Those pills working?

Yeah. All right.

Well, l`m glad one of us is happy.

How much you think we can

take that guy for?

-Chuck, with the boat.

-You serious?

l figure l owe you one.

Man, that`s great!

Mr. Schlick-licker? Hi, l`m sorry.

You waited too long. No prize for you.

That`s awesome, man!

Sorry.

-Where`d you find him?

-Spearmint Rhino.

Watched him drop a couple G`s

there a month ago.

Spearmint Rhino.

-That`s a gentlemen`s--

-l know what it is.

lt`s right here.

-What does he do?

-lmport-export.

-What`s his last name?

-Frechette. Chuck Frechette.

-How do you spell that?

-F-R....

l don`t know.

He`s from Downey.

-He`s not connected, is he?

-No, no.

He and the mob, they`re like this:

Son of a b*tch didn`t even tip.

l figure, on short notice,

he could scratch up at least 30 grand.

More.

We`ll pull the Jamaican switch.

He knows you, so you`re rope. l`m inside.

You think he knows anything

about international finance?

Are you whispering?

-Why are you whispering?

-l am?

-Hi. Safety deposit box, please.

-Sure.

Hi. l`d like access

to my safety deposit box, 366, please.

Certainly, Mr. Waller.

Signature and pass code, please.

-Would you like a booth?

-No, thanks. l`ll be fine.

When it`s sterling versus dollars and--

For some people, money is....

-Frank.

-Where do you want to meet, sexy?

What do you mean, ``where``?

Where else? The Rhino.

-One hour.

-Hey, you don`t wanna get there early?

l gotta go.

Remember me?

-You just in the neighborhood?

-Took the bus. Think l could come in a sec?

-One, two, three.

-Nice!

lt`s nice, your place.

Could you watch the carpet, please?

Sorry.

Could you please take your shoes off?

Oh, yeah, sorry.

So, what`s going on?

Mom and l had sort of a fight.

Happens once in a while.

l usually take off for a day or two

to let her calm down.

Take off?

Normally, l go to Carrie`s,

only she`s on vacation.

And l thought, since we seemed

to hit it off so well last time...

...l could sleep on your couch.

You want to stay here?

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