Catch Me If You Can Reviews

For all his genre-hopping and shape-shifting Spielberg seems to have become too big to tell small stories, which is one reason why the film sputters on one too many false endings.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5

It can't overcome how empty it all is.

Full Review | Original Score: C+

Sporting a stingy-brimmed hat and erratic Boston accent, Hanks gives a ludicrous performance.

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What begins brightly gets bogged down over 140 minutes.

| Original Score: 2/4

Has Steven Spielberg lost it?

Full Review | Original Score: 5/10

Spielberg had one more thing to prove as a director, and that was to see how much money a humdrum film could gross with his name attached, along with two big stars collaborating in his droll experiment in tedium.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/10

Though Catch Me If You Can isn't badly made, the fun slowly leaks out of the movie.

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You'll be charmed and entertained for a couple hours, but then you'll realize you're out 10 bucks.

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Catch Me If You Can's shiny wrapping paper of clever counterfeit schemes, pretty girls and fairytale cinematography belies the larger, richer themes that attracted such heavyweight talent to the project.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5

Some may discount "Catch Me If You Can" as frivolous, but I believe it is an expertly-made popcorn film alive with energy, style, momentum and heart. It maintains a gripping balance between comedy and drama

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4

Gee, thanks, Mr. Spielberg, this is one terrific Christmas present.

Full Review | Original Score: B+

Spielberg's movie is fine entertainment, but John Williams has lost the sense of adventure in his scores.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

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.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

Never takes itself or its subjects too seriously, and contains more genuinely funny material than about 90% of the so-called 'comedies' found in multiplexes these days.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

Every single element of this movie works brilliantly together and the result is as irresistible as its con man hero.

| Original Score: A-

Excellent account of FBI's youngest Most Wanted.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5

The film's only missteps come from the script's insistence on providing deep emotional motivation for each and every one of Abagnale's antics.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

Steven Spielberg's new film is lighthearted and enjoyable, with just enough undercurrents of human frailty to keep the story interesting.

Full Review | Original Score: A-

One of the best cat-and-mouse movies to come along in a while, Leo has great fun in the role.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4

Spielberg's candy-colored tale of cons in the swingin' past is a blast of fun with a surprising amount of heart.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5