Catch Me If You Can

3.67
    Catch Me If You Can
    2002

    Synopsis

    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.

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    Cast

    • Leonardo DiCaprioFrank Abagnale Jr.
    • Tom HanksCarl Hanratty
    • Christopher WalkenFrank Abagnale
    • Martin SheenRoger Strong
    • Nathalie BayePaula Abagnale
    • Amy AdamsBrenda Strong
    • James BrolinJack Barnes
    • Brian HoweEarl Amdursky
    • Frank John HughesTom Fox
    • Steve EastinPaul Morgan

    Recommendations

    • 100

      The A.V. Club

      Part of Spielberg's skill as a filmmaker comes in choosing the right collaborators. Janusz Kaminski's gorgeous cinematography, Michael Kahn's graceful editing, Jeff Nathanson's clever script, and John Williams' score all work well in unison, but the film's masterstroke is the casting of Walken as DiCaprio's utterly decent father.
    • 90

      Time

      Results in about the nicest movie you could ask for at the holidays: 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.
    • 88

      Boston Globe

      Nothing if not a celebration of our willingness to be gulled by life's charming strangers.
    • 80

      Slate

      Feels more like The Bill Clinton Story than "Primary Colors" (1998). It's a paean to naughty boys who dream of potency and become enraptured by their own scams -- a great American archetype.
    • 75

      The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

      The movie could have used a further dose of the resonance Walken gives it, and a more intellectually adventurous director might have brought the theme close to home.
    • 75

      Chicago Tribune

      Brilliant performances by DiCaprio as Frank Jr. and Christopher Walken as his fallen father - and an enjoyable one by Tom Hanks.
    • 75

      Seattle Post-Intelligencer

      DiCaprio could hardly be better. He brings this outrageous character and his demons to life with skill, sympathy and a symphony of small, telling touches.
    • 70

      New York Magazine (Vulture)

      Breezily enjoyable but thin.

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