Catch Me if You Can

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Catch Me if You Can

PG-13

Released Dec 25, 2002

2h 20m

Comedy

Drama

Crime

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Frank Abagnale, Jr. (Leonardo DiCaprio) 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 U.S. FBI Agent Carl Hanratty (Tom Hanks) makes it his prime mission to capture Frank and bring him to justice, but Frank is always one step ahead of him.

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Critics Consensus

With help from a strong performance by Leonardo DiCaprio as real-life wunderkind con artist Frank Abagnale, Steven Spielberg crafts a film that's stylish, breezily entertaining, and surprisingly sweet.

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Namrata Joshi

Outlook

A hugely watchable film that disappoints nonetheless.

Rated: 2/4

Jan 3, 2019

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Excellent account of FBI's youngest Most Wanted.

Rated: 5/5

Dec 22, 2010

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Geoff Andrew

Time Out

This is the director's most likeable film in ages, even if it's insubstantial, overlong and, frankly, a touch redundant.

Jun 24, 2006

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Sean Axmaker

Stream on Demand

Spielberg beautifully creates the culture of the 1950s nuclear family shattered and the American Dream soured.

Apr 8, 2023

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Cory Woodroof

Nashville Scene

"[a] phenomenal Leonardo DiCaprio/Tom Hanks caper..."

Nov 3, 2022

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Jim Rohner

Battleship Pretension

Catch Me If You Can is probably one of the best films amongst Spielberg's minor titles, saying more positively about the man's talent than it says anything negatively about the film.

Apr 15, 2021

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Audience Member

One of the best movies I’ve watched

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/20/25

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James E

Tom Hanks and Leonardo DiCaprio are amazing in their roles separately as well as together, their chemistry is amazing. The whole film is wonderfully put together with minimal flaws and excellent pay offs.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/11/25

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Mate P

Catch Me If You Can is an extremely engaging movie with an amazing cast and great acting performances. The characters are very well-written, I could certainly imagine that they were just like this in real life. He story is very interesting and quite unbelievable. The dialogues are also very realistic, the romantic lines don't feel forced either. Carl is my favourite character, he was so funny or at least the situations he got himself into. The editing makes the movie so intriguing with this fast pacing. The cinematography is great, I liked the framing. I saw everything I needed to see and nothing more. This is rarely mentioned as one of Steven Spielberg's best, but it's definitely a masterpiece. John Williams' score is also one of the standouts. But the greatest thing about this movie is the cast. The acting performances were all great, but my favourite was definitely Christopher Walken's. He owned that character. Catch Me If You Can is a terrific movie. This is the perfect example on how to adapt a real story into a movie.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/05/25

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Joaquin C

Es una de mis películas favoritas de toda la vida, con dos tremendas leyendas del cine como protagonista jugando al gato y al ratón, tiene una historia entretenida y con actuaciones, unas actuaciones hermosas y sobretodo Leonardo DiCaprio que se luce aquí, sobre todo esa escena que descubre cuando su padre murió, dios llore en esa escena, una película entretenida con buenas actuaciones, aún si no voy a resaltar tanto en la historia en si ya que esto fue basada en la vida real, en general es una película protagonista por dos de mis actores favoritos y en general todo esta bien en todo los aspectos en la película, sin duda una película recomendaba para todos.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/28/24

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Dave S

One of the best “True Story” films I’ve seen. It has adventure, drama and comedy all wrapped into one. Di Caprio and Hanks were amazing!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

12/27/24

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Tony P

I think this is probably one of my favorite Steven Spielberg movies, has a great story, very good cast and is really enjoyable/interesting from beginning to end! It's defiantly worth seeing a couple of times.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/14/24

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Steven Spielberg

Director

Leonardo DiCaprio

Frank W. Abagnale

Tom Hanks

FBI Agent Carl Hanratty

Christopher Walken

Frank Abagnale, Sr.

Martin Sheen

Roger Strong

Nathalie Baye

Paula Abagnale

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Synopsis

Frank Abagnale, Jr. (Leonardo DiCaprio) 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 U.S. FBI Agent Carl Hanratty (Tom Hanks) makes it his prime mission to capture Frank and bring him to justice, but Frank is always one step ahead of him.

Director: Steven Spielberg
Producer: Steven Spielberg, Walter F. Parkes
Screenwriter: Jeff Nathanson, Frank Abagnale Jr., Stan Redding
Distributor: DreamWorks SKG
Production Co: Amblin Entertainment, DreamWorks SKG, Parkes/MacDonald, Splendid Pictures
Rating: PG-13 (Some Sexual Content|Brief Language)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Crime
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 25, 2002, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $164.4M
Runtime: 2h 20m
Sound Mix: Surround

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