This is the director's most likeable film in ages, even if it's insubstantial, overlong and, frankly, a touch redundant.
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
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Reviews Counted:190
Fresh:183
Rotten:7
Average Rating:7.9/10
Consensus: Spielberg lightens up and DiCaprio charms in this breezily entertaining chase flick.
Runtime: 2 hrs 21 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Oscar® nominee Leonardo Di Caprio ("What's Eating Gilbert Grape," "Titanic") and two-time Academy Award®-winner Tom Hanks ("Philadelphia," "Forrest Gump") engage in a game of cat and mouse... Oscar® nominee Leonardo Di Caprio ("What's Eating Gilbert Grape," "Titanic") and two-time Academy Award®-winner Tom Hanks ("Philadelphia," "Forrest Gump") engage in a game of cat and mouse in the real-life crime drama "Catch Me If You Can," under the direction of three-time Oscar® winner Steven Spielberg ("Saving Private Ryan," "Schindler's List"). Frank Abagnale, Jr. (Leonardo Di Caprio) worked as a doctor, a lawyer and as a co-pilot for a major airline -- all before his 18th birthday. A master of deception, he was also a brilliant forger, whose skill gave him his first real claim to fame: At the age of 17, Frank Abagnale, Jr. became the most successful bank robber in the history of the United States. FBI Agent Carl Hanratty (Tom Hanks) had made it his prime mission to capture Frank and bring him to justice, but Frank is always one step ahead of him, baiting him to continue the chase. Steven Spielberg will direct "Catch Me If You Can," from a screenplay by Jeff Nathanson, based on the autobiographical book of the same name by Frank Abagnale, Jr. and Stan Redding. The film is being produced by Steven Spielberg and Walter F. Parkes ("Gladiator"), with Barry Kemp, Laurie MacDonald, Michel Shane and Tony Romano executive producing. -- © DreamWorks Pictures [More]
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, Nathalie Baye, Amy Adams, James Brolin, Frank John Hughes, Jennifer Garner, Brian Howe
Director: Steven Spielberg
Director: Steven Spielberg
Screenwriter: Jeff Nathanson
Producer: Steven Spielberg, Walter F. Parkes
Composer: John Williams
Studio: DreamWorks Distribution LLC
Reviews for Catch Me If You Can
This movie got me grinning. There's a part of us that cannot help be entertained by the sight of someone getting away with something.
A fitting dessert to Spielberg's preceeding entree and main course of A.I. and Minority Report, and one hell of a ride.
Spielberg being Spielberg, he’s surrounded himself with the best that money can buy, from the superb cast to the characteristically superb score by John Williams, and the result is his most purely enjoyable film in ages.
Spielberg rediscovers his sense of fun with this funny, frivolous con caper.
With its extended epilogue, the film feels about a half-hour too long, but the story is so good and there are so many fabulous set pieces that you can't imagine leaving anything out.
To those who have said in the past that Spielberg, my hero, has lost it as a filmmaker, here's mud in your eye.
The movie is a good time. It not only produces happiness, it is happy.
The movie is -- intentionally or otherwise -- a remarkable parable about denying reality until reality catches up to you.
...the film would've been vastly improved had it been trimmed down to 90 minutes.
The stylish, cartoon-like opening credits reminded me of the snazzy beginnings of the Peter Sellers-Pink Panther movies.
One of Spielberg's finest pieces of storytelling. Helps make up for A.I.
Steven Spielberg’s new film is lighthearted and enjoyable, with just enough undercurrents of human frailty to keep the story interesting.
It's Spielberg who pulls the con by leading us down a familiar path only to rup the rug out from under us.
Celebrity Interview - Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks and filmmaker Steven Spielberg talk about collaborating on Catch Me If You Can based on the true adventures of one of history’s most successful con men.
Spielberg. . .supersedes even himself with one of the most enjoyable and compelling films of his career.
In a holiday season characterized by heavy cinematic fare, Stephen Spielberg has concocted a frothy trifle.
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