Catch Me if You Can

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Catch Me if You Can

PG-13

2002

2h 20m

Comedy

Drama

Crime

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Frank Abagnale, Jr. works as a doctor, a lawyer and as a co-pilot for a major airline, all before his 18th birthday. A master of deception, he is a brilliant forger, whose skill gives him his first real claim to fame. At the age of 17, Frank Abagnale, Jr. becomes the most successful bank robber in the history of the U.S. FBI Agent Carl Hanratty 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

01/03/2019

2/4

A hugely watchable film that disappoints nonetheless.

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

12/22/2010

5/5

Excellent account of FBI's youngest Most Wanted.

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Geoff Andrew

Time Out

06/24/2006

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

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Jeff Beck

The Blu Spot

Dec 29

5/5

It remains as delightfully entertaining as ever after 23 years, utilizing Jeff Nathanson's marvelous screenplay and a trio of wonderful performances from DiCaprio, Hanks, and Walken to tell a wild & outlandish tale that hasn't lost any of its charm.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Dec 26

3/4

From its snazzy opening credits -- the type normally found in frothy romantic comedies of the early 1960s -- to John Williams’ infectious score, this Steven Spielberg hit feels like nothing so much as pure old-fashioned escapism.

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Sean Axmaker

Stream on Demand

04/08/2023

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

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Guilherme M

2d

Amazing acting by Dicaprio, and i didn't see the "based on real facts" in the beggining of the movie, so in the end i said "no way it is a real story." It's fascinating.

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Kimmo K

@Kimble98 2d

Solid movie but not quite as good as you would expect from the reviews.

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Petr Z

@SpecaJr 3d

Just a must-see classic. Credits to DiCaprio, he is just excellent the whole movie

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@swggalex 5d

Una película entretenida y espectacular. La ví por primera vez hace poco y quiero decir que es probablemente de las mejores películas de Leonardo. La parte final es emocionante en mi opinión, y muy emotivo. Entiendes el porqué el protagonista tomó su decisión. Muy buena la película. Larga, pero no se siente. Te deja con la intriga todo el tiempo. La recomiendo.

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Simon G

@Simon5 6d

A light/casual watch that is extremely entertaining and never gets boring at any point during the over two hour long picture. The way Spielberg balances the two themes of entertainment and casual viewing is a credit to his directing skills. Not to mention the acting from both de caprio and hanks, which brings you a warm connection and attachment to both characters they play throughout the film. Not to mention John Williams sound track which adds a certain class to the movie which is ironic as it’s about a fraudster. A film to that I’d recommend to anybody.

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@KIDCRITIC Dec 26

Watched Catch Me If You Can this year. This is just a great 2000’s comedy. It has both great actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks. It is about a teen named Frank Abagnale Jr, who runs away from home for forgery checks from New York lies and becomes a fake pilot and doctor and lawyer while he takes over 4 million dollars and Tom Hanks character Carl an FBI is trying to check him in the process eventually he gets caught and works from the FBI catching the counterfeiters and forgeries. The quality is good.The storytelling is amazing from Steven Spielberg directing and the acting is amazing from Tom and Leonardo. They just fit their roles so well. Overall I would rate this movie 5.0 stars out of 5 stars. My favorite scene is when Christopher Walken’s character Frank Sr. says "You know why the Yankees always Win so many World Series, Frank it's because the other team can’t stop staring at those damn pinstripes". I would recommend this movie.

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Steven Spielberg

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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. works as a doctor, a lawyer and as a co-pilot for a major airline, all before his 18th birthday. A master of deception, he is a brilliant forger, whose skill gives him his first real claim to fame. At the age of 17, Frank Abagnale, Jr. becomes the most successful bank robber in the history of the U.S. FBI Agent Carl Hanratty 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: Walter F. Parkes
Screenwriter: Jeff Nathanson, Frank Abagnale Jr., Stan Redding
Distributor: DreamWorks SKG
Production Co: Parkes/MacDonald, DreamWorks SKG, Amblin Entertainment, 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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