Ridley Scott’s 2003 crime comedy Matchstick Men is now available to stream free on Tubi, prompting Collider to argue that it deserves renewed attention within the director’s varied career. The article presents the 116-minute film as a compact, entertaining alternative to Scott’s larger science-fiction and historical epics, praising its mix of humour, suspense and character work.

The film stars Nicolas Cage as Roy Waller, a con artist with obsessive-compulsive disorder who works alongside his protégé Frank Mercer, played by Sam Rockwell. Roy’s life is disrupted when he discovers he has a teenage daughter, Angela, played by Alison Lohman; the article notes the screenplay was written by Nick and Ted Griffin and adapted from Eric Garcia’s book.