Continuity mistake: In the scene where Angela and Roy are bowling, Angela rolls her ball down lane 23. When Roy takes a turn bowling a second later, he throws his ball in the gutter in lane 26.
Matchstick Men (2003)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, Bruce McGill, Alison Lohman, Beth Grant, Bruce Altman, Jenny O'Hara, Steve Eastin
Alison Lohman is not Nicolas Cage's daugher, but part of a sting (with Sam Rockwell, Bruce Altman and probably others) to con Nicolas Cage out of his money. Years later, Nicolas Cage now has a real job as a carpet salesman, where he meets Alison again and they make up. Nicolas Cage then goes home to reveal that he has married again, this time to the cashier he kept going to at the supermarket. Plus Nicolas Cage's new wife is also pregnant.
Big Evil
More mistakes in Matchstick Men
Roy: I'm not ver good at being a father, all right? I barely get by just being me.
Trivia: The 4 main characters (Roy, Angela, Frank and Frechette) all smoke at some point in the film. This is a clue added by the filmmakers to indicate that the people who smoke in the film are con men, a teaser if you like to indicate that Angela is also involved in the con (This is revealed in the DVD director's commentary).
Question: Why is there a scene where the fake detectives are trying to listen to Roy's conversation with his doc? They weren't really cops, the fake hospital room didn't need microphones, etc.
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Answer: They needed to get the password for Roy's safety deposit box. They planted the camera and microphones so that they could listen in on the conversation and know what the password is.
Casual Person
But he gave the code to the doctor who was in on it.