MATCHSTICK MEN (2003) ****

(focus on confidence underworld--father/daughter)

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Contains 5 movie quotes & 16 Academic Words (AWL*).
Roy Waller (Nicolas Cage) hates sunlight and dirt, but if you’re not careful, he would love to take all your money.  He has a fourteen-year-old daughter named Angela, only he doesn’t know it yet.  He and his partner, Frank (Sam
Rockwell), are “Matchstick Men,” the topic of this Ridley Scott-directed movie.  A word of caution:  all is seldom as it seems in the dangerous world of the confidence game. Rated PG-13 (116 min.)  mike laib 2010.

http://matchstickmenmovie.warnerbros.com/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0325805/

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