Nicolas Cage's acting was okay - playing a Con Man with a conscience and a rather nasty obsessive compulsive disorder. But the rest of the cast irked me especially Sam Rockwell as Cage's partner (and apparently, only friend) and Alison Lohman as Cage's long lost daughter who cries crocodile tears every ten minutes! The "twist" was clichéd and predictable (the antagonist is the protagonist's best friend in far, far too many films). It also left me feeling hollow and cheated. I thought this movie would give me hope about family unity, but it's moral seemed to be - people who steal deserve to be stolen from by people who steal. Still, our Nic ends up on the right side of the picket fences at the end - selling carpet and living the fruitful, Christian life with Mrs. Jo Bloggs from the grocery store.
On the whole, it's a load of tripe! 3/10
On the whole, it's a load of tripe! 3/10