victant

Well, I just watched this last night, and...maybe it was the Malibu and juice...but I was one of the 80% that fell for the twist at the end. As such, I thoroughly enjoyed this movie and was thinking about this thread afterwards.

I just can't believe that the "daughter" is actually 25ish!

purplechoe

Just saw this during the week and was somewhat dissapointed. I saw the ending coming from a mile away. Talking about over rated. Not a terrible movie, but nothing briliant either. Just a decent rental. And to think this is the same director who gave us Blade Runner.

jaeufraser

Loved this movie. Just watched it today, and I really enjoyed the hell out of it. I myself didn't see the twist was coming, didn't even realize that it was there. I guess because this movie was at heart, a character film and I thought that wasdone wonderfully. This movie was about Nic Cage's character, and even with its happy sappy ending, it just felt good. I don't know, maybe some called the twist, but who cares...it's a fun story, a nice con, and a great little character piece. Thumbs up here.

Oraphus

I enjoyed the film but the twists were way over done... this spooked me as well... i mean cmon a 14y old, for what reason?!

also i cant get over the fact that the whole con was based on cage

i enjoyed it, but the obvious plot holes is what keeps this movie from being great.

Timber

Didn't see the twist coming at all. Kind of upset me since I was so invested in the father/daugter relationship that they set up. All in all one of the better movies I've seen recently.

I was feeling kind of bad during the movie because I was thinking that a 14 year old was hot.

jough

Well, the actress was 22 when they shot it, so don't feel TOO bad.

uteotw

Sorry, just saw this and feel pretty much the same as most. So EVERYONE was in on it, the shrink, the girl, Frank, and the cops. That shrink was GOOD, too, so he must've been real, since he was able to actually help treat Roy. I saw the twist the ways off and still felt like I was the one being played for a con. Cage was great, of course, but I'm glad it was a rental.

Psychlowne

Sorry for the late response. You'll have to watch the featurette on the DVD, Scott goes into detail about the screening process.

I'm not just pulling random numbers from the sky.

Josh H

I liked it a lot, but then again I didn't catch on to the twist until very near the end. I just don't watch movies with a close analytical eye in my first viewing, so I rarely figure out twists until near the time they are revealed.

jough

No, it sounded like you'd heard or read the info somewhere (I didn't mean to sound like I was accusing you of pulling the numbers from out of your rectum) I was just curious to see the data for myself.

I think part of the problem for me was that I knew a twist was coming, so I was looking for it. But the "twist" was the most obvious twist imaginable, and since the relationship with the daughter was written so well... I was hoping I was wrong when I "figured it out." But I wasn't, and it kinda killed the film for me.

Goldberg74

I watched it this weekend, and I too was surprised by the twist at the end of the film.

While I think that Nick Cage overacts half of the roles that he is in, this one seemed spot on to me.

Glad it had a 'happy ending'.

As for the original topic of 'Cage being back for good?'... I didn't know he was gone.

EvilConradBain

Not for good. He has a Jerry Bruckheimer produced heist film called National Treasure coming out later this year. So apparently Bruckheimer still owns his soul for at least another 5 years.

RoyalTea

wow, I've never gone from loving a movie to hating it so quickly.

just one question:

slabinskia

Why did you go from loving the movie to hating it ?I think its a great movie that will stay in my collection.I completely fell for the twist.

RichC2

Prolly the same reason Harry Knowles did:

The last 10 minutes.

kantonburg

Probably because the movie itself was great only to be ruined by the twist that should have never happened. Con-artists con a con-artists. I dunno. I was sadly disappointed by the ending.

mndtrp

I finally saw this a week ago or so. I thought it was pretty good, but then I didn't see the ending coming.

RoyalTea

well, the twist was retarded.

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