Matchstick Men Page #6

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
564 Views


Well, l could pay you back

by cleaning up or something.

Do you wear those to read? Your glasses?

They make you look old.

Oh, no, these are for....

l gotta go!

l got a big business meeting.

-This late?

-Antiques, they wait for no man.

ls it all right if l leave

you here alone?

Sure, l can just watch TV.

You don`t have a TV?

Seriously? You don`t have a TV?

There`s a couch, if you want to sit.

Or over there, if you prefer.

Or the couch.

Do you want me to pick you up

something on the way back?

-Like, what is it, ice cream, right?

-Sure.

New York Super Fudge Chunk.

That`s my favorite flavor.

-New York....

-Super Fudge Chunk.

Chocolate, yeah.

Okay, now listen...

...don`t, don`t open the door

for anybody, all right?

One, two, three.

All right!

Here you go, sweetie.

Yeah, all right.

Here we go, babe.

-Bob, good to see you!

-Arden, hope l didn`t keep you.

Over there. He missed you coming in.

Over there. He missed you coming in.

Hey, kate! Can l get a beer?

A Heinie?

-Thanks. That do the trick?

-Let`s sit.

l told you you were gonna like it here.

No way!

Here you go, sweetie.

-Love them shoes, girl.

-Thank you, baby.

Hey, Bob!

Hey, Chuck, l didn`t know you were here.

Hey, Chuck Frechette, this is Arden--

Hiya.

Hey....

l gotta do a little business,

you mind if...?

Sure, Bob. l didn`t mean to--

Sorry. l`ll be--

-Nice meeting you. l`ll be over here.

-Great.

That`s fish in a barrel.

He`s piqued. You good to go?

-Does the pope poo in the woods?

-Just say yes.

-l`ll see you, Bob.

-l`ll see you in the morning, Arden.

-Hi.

-Hi.

-Big night planned.

-Oh, it`s not for me.

-Right. That`s $ 1 2.73.

-Okay.

Out of 1 5.

Thirteen, 1 4, 1 5.

You got kids overnight?

Roy? Why did Mom leave you?

Well, you`d have to ask her that.

l did. She said she didn`t

wanna talk about it.

Called you names.

That`s why we got in a fight.

She said you were a bad guy.

-You don`t seem like a bad guy.

-That`s what makes me good at it.

Well, l don`t think you`re a bad guy.

Good night.

Good night.

Someone`s in here!

l think it`s disrespectful.

l just think it`s disrespectful.

-Hey, come on.

-One, two, three.

l wish you could`ve been there.

l reeled him in, man.

-Hallelujah! You got a chick in there?

-What are you doing?

What`s the hubbub?

The second you left the place,

he was off his barstool. He`s in.

-He`s in. He wants to meet tonight.

-All right.

Push it till tomorrow.

Let his greed meet his imagination.

Morning.

Good morning.

l made you eggs.

That`s okay.

So who was that guy

who came by earlier?

Business associate.

Well, what was his name?

Frank.

How come you didn`t want him to see me?

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