DiCaprio has the breeze and aplomb to keep it all bouncing along.
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
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Reviews Counted:41
Fresh:37
Rotten:4
Average Rating:7.3/10
Consensus: Spielberg lightens up and DiCaprio charms in this breezily entertaining chase flick.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for some sexual content and brief language
Runtime: 2 hrs 21 mins
Genre: Dramas
Theatrical Release:Dec 25, 2002 Wide
Box Office: $164,435,221
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
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Reviews for Catch Me If You Can
A delicious cat-and-mouse game flecked with intriguing Oedipal undertones.
A gently funny, sweetly adventurous film that makes you feel genuinely good, that is to say, entirely unconned by false sentiment or sharp, overmanipulative Hollywood practices.
Catch Me if You Can is one of those deceptively slight offerings that manages to reveal more about its maker than the intended masterpieces often do.
Spielberg perfectly re-creates the fashions, the mood and the trends of the '60s, and DiCaprio and Hanks have a lot of fun with their roles.
It's more amusing than hilarious, more cute than inspired, but there's just too much talent on and off the screen for it to fail.
Offers mild fun but never as much as its animated '60s-retro opening credits portend.
The colorful cinematography, smart performances and brisk tempo suggest a filmmaker subordinating every other impulse to the task of manufacturing pleasure.
A very adult, very funny, very well-acted daydream that should delight just about anyone who's ever been asked for picture ID.
This breezy caper movie becomes a soulful, incisive meditation on the way we were, and the way we are.
The story is a good story, directly told, and such meaning as it has comes from the irony that the only person who completely appreciates Abagnale's accomplishments is the man trying to arrest him.
Sporting a stingy-brimmed hat and erratic Boston accent, Hanks gives a ludicrous performance.
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