Catch Me If You Can

2002

PG-13

2h 21m

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8.0/10

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A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him behind bars. But Frank not only eludes capture, he revels in the pursuit.

Directors

Steven Spielberg

Writers

Jeff Nathanson(screenplay by)

Frank Abagnale Jr.(book by)

Stan Redding(book by)

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Leonardo DiCaprio

Tom Hanks

Christopher Walken

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Frank Abagnale Jr.

Carl Hanratty

Frank Abagnale

Roger Strong

Paula Abagnale

Brenda Strong

Jack Barnes

Earl Amdursky

Tom Fox

Paul Morgan

Special Agent Witkins

John Finn

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Cheryl Ann

Carol Strong

Marci

Lucy

Warden Garren

Darcy

Directors

Steven Spielberg

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Jeff Nathanson(screenplay by)

Frank Abagnale Jr.(book by)

Stan Redding(book by)

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7/10

For me, this is one of Leonardo DiCaprio's most natural performances. He is Frank Abagnale, a hugely intuitive seventeen year old youth with a boundless imagination and a criminal mind that might have made "Moriarty" blush. He quickly realises that most of society is based on the eggshell principle. We take things trustingly, on face value, and never explore what we don't think to ask. When we do, then the shell disintegrates and we discover a man who has convinced the most intelligent people that he can be a lawyer, a doctor, even an airline pilot and he is commanding salaries from each, even if that money is also the fruits of his meticulously creative labours! Eventually, tenacious FBI agent Carl Hanratty (Tom Hanks) is on his trail. Instead of intimidating Abagnale, this cat and mouse game actually stimulates him and what now ensues are some entertainingly put together escapades that see DiCaprio clearly have some fun as he schmoozes, womanises and travels the world in style. Hanks doesn't actually feature so much until the conclusion, it's actually Christopher Walken who stands out more as the troubled father. Having lost just about everything to the IRS, it's down to junior to refloat his dad's boat - snd he's having s very good try! Amy Adans introduces the tiniest element of romance as Brenda, whose lawyer father (Martin Sheen) is also bamboozled by the sheer brass-neckery of this supreme con artist. Right from the Hitchcockian opening titles, we hit the ground running and Steven Spielberg paces this enjoyably, assisted by a sprightly score from John Williams. Were it not based on an true story, you'd have thought it an exquisite work of imaginative fiction. It is, and it's a really effective reflection of just what a man can get away with if he's got a nice smile and a sharp suit.

Geronimo196713 Mar, 2024