Roy has a lot of ticks and a lot of phobias that are starting to get in the way of his work. For Roy is a con artist adept and swindling innocent men and women out of their money. And these neurosis and ticks are not a good thing to show people when you are trying to con them. Roy has been seeing a doctor that has been proscribing him some pills that seem to knock down these neuroses to a manageable level. But when Roy accidentally dumps his pills down the drain he is desperate need to refill his prescription to only find out his doctor has suddenly moved away. So his partner and protégé Frank recommend a new therapist to him so he can get his ticks under control. But this new therapist delves deep into his past and Roy remembers a time when he was married and his ex wife left him while still pregnant with a child that may or may not of been his. So now Roy trying to reconcile his past with his present finds out he has a 14-year-old daughter that wants to desperately meet him. So now Roy who has such a hard time managing his own life now finds himself as a father and is trying to deal with this new development. All the while him and Frank are trying to pull off one of their biggest cons to date. But when his new found daughter Angela wants to become involved in his con artist ways Roy is about to find his world colliding in ways he never imagined and he is not sure if he can take the new turn of events.

There is nothing better than a well done crime and caper movie and this movie is one of them. It is not hard to be drawn into this world of crime so much so that you find yourself cheering for what our traditionally considered the villains of movies. Hollywood would like to make you believe that you cannot cheer for the bad guys but then a movie comes along that turns that idea on its head. The scams are ingenious and while you should probably fill pity for the victims you are rather cheering for Nicholas Cage to bilk them out of everything you are worth. Few actors could pull of the part of Roy so well as Cage does as he seems to have that knack for weird and colorful characters that only he can portray. His portrayal of Roy has to be one of his better acting jobs he has ever done. You feel pity for him, you laugh at his neuroses and most of all you find yourself rooting and cheering for him. And while I wasn’t too keen on the ending as I would have liked to see some characters get their just deserts it still fit very well into the movie. And in retrospect probably fit better with the entire movie and the scheme it seemed to take though out. Cage is brilliant and so are his costars who bring this rich tapestry of a movie to life. If your in the mood for a good laugh and a movie that is done so very well with story, actors and a wonderful charm that just draws you in this movie is definitely for you.
4 stars out of 5