American slang, it refers to the kind of liar who makes you pay for your heart and your lungs... A powerful matchman, even if he only has a box of matches in his hand, he can use superb tricks to exaggerate the effectiveness of matches, And let a bunch of people rush to buy matches from him with cash. From this point of view, there are some similarities with the marketing case about "how to sell ice to Eskimos", which is why Roy's sentence: "I never use violence, people give me willingly Money!" Roy (Nicholas Cage) and Frank (Sam Rockwell) are a pair of small-time con artists who exploit people's tendency to take advantage of the fact that neither will allow The deceived goes bankrupt, and every time the tricks and tricks are renewed, so the life of the liar is not disturbed. For Roy, life is a mess. He has been divorced from his wife for nearly 15 years. Roy is accompanied by a statue dog filled with banknotes. Because he is often harassed by obsessive-compulsive disorder, he will always do some uncontrollable actions. For example, he needs to count 123 to open the door three times. For example, the outdoor light will cause shortness of breath and fantasy. A secluded hobbyist... Such Roy can only rely on the medicine prescribed by the doctor to maintain his life and relieve his often highly tense nerves. Roy overturned all the pills with his hands and feet. The doctor's vacation made him have to find a new doctor and psychological counselor temporarily. Yes, a scam waiting for Roy has begun, but our protagonist is strictly covered in it. During the treatment, Roy learned that he and his ex-wife had a daughter named Angela (Alison Loman). The private space was filled little by little with a kind of unfamiliar affection, and those eccentricities were gradually compromised in front of this 14-year-old girl. The new father-daughter relationship made Roy feel both fresh and comforting, and his life suddenly jumped from black and white to colorful. Angela showed great enthusiasm after learning about her father's "job". Under the almost threatening family offensive, Roy began to teach Angela various tricks, and the clever Angela quickly became Roy's right-hand man. After the successful implementation of the first deception plan, Roy asked Angela to return the money that he had already received. He just wanted to give his daughter the joy of being a liar, but he didn't want her to become a liar like himself. Angela's intrusion gave Roy a taste of the life of a normal person, happy and satisfied, and Roy had the idea of washing his hands. In the only operation involving Roy, Frank and Angela, and finally because of Frank's mistake, the fat man who was cheated did not find out that the money was transferred in the plane as they thought, and It was chased all the way out, and although he escaped in a thrilling manner, he finally laid a foreshadowing. Just when Roy decided to fight for Angela's custody and live happily together forever, the fat man came to the door. Angela killed the fat man in the chaos. Roy asked Frank to take Angela away and stay behind. assume all responsibility. Roy was suddenly attacked when he returned home to dispose of the corpse. He woke up and found himself lying in the hospital. The police on the side asked him about the whereabouts of Frank and Angela. At Roy's request, the police called his doctor. Roy whispered to the doctor his safe password, which contained all Roy's assets, and Roy asked the doctor to tell Angela. If the movie ends here, I think it's just a film about father's love. The plot is full and the characters are in place. Nicolas Cage has captured some of Roy's neurotic actions smoothly, although there is no rain in the man. Ting Hoffman is "terminally ill", but due to the difference in character between the two, it is entirely possible to use an "extroverted mental compulsion" with a "Silent mental retardation" to distinguish. The latter brings us the introverted tension, but the former is completely an open drama. I thought that was the case. Although there was still nearly half an hour before the end, I was even thinking about the happy life of Roy and Angela after they were released from prison. Even if they reunited with their ex-wife, it was reasonable. But Scott didn't think so. So I could only watch the two feet that were about to reach the other side of the reunion suddenly stopped, turned, and slowly swayed into the grass next to me. After the doctor left, Roy begged the police to turn on the air conditioner because of the unbearable heat, but no one paid him any attention. When he walked out of the house, he realized that there was no one around after a surveillance device was removed. It turned out that the so-called "hospital" was just a certain hospital. A vacant room on the top floor of the building, all this is just a game arranged by his partner Frank, and the purpose is naturally Roy's password. As for Angela, this trumped-up "daughter" is naturally a pawn in the whole scene. , So, Roy became a penniless pauper, and those money, daughters, and disguised friendships that did not belong to him all left him again. This was originally a huge scam. Although it was defrauded of money and love, it did not see the gnashing of teeth and unbearable sadness that usually occurs after being deceived. This corresponds to two classic ancient Chinese sayings: "The mantis catches the cicada and the oriole is behind" and "The ill-gotten wealth is not desirable." At the same time, it also benefits from the comic effect brought by Roy's mental obsessive-compulsive disorder and The camera freezes and cuts to form a brisk rhythm on the screen, and the result is a happy ending.
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