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Catch Me If You Can

2002

Steven Spielberg

Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Amy Adams ...

7.3

89,933

Drama. Comedy In the 60s, Frank W. Abagnale (Leonardo DiCaprio) worked as a doctor, a lawyer and as a co-pilot for a major airline - all before his 21st birthday. A master of deception, he was also a brilliant forger, whose skill at check fraud had netted him millions of dollars in stolen funds. 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. [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"This is not a major Spielberg film, although it is an effortlessly watchable one (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Jami Bernard New York Daily News	"A pleasant romp through the land of Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction"
		Todd McCarthy Variety	"You can literally feel the returns diminishing the longer the game is extended (...) A breezy entertainment"
		Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"What begins brightly gets bogged down over 140 minutes. A film that took off like a hare on speed ends like a winded tortoise (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Stephen Holden The New York Times	"[A] supremely entertaining portrait of a virtuoso impostor (...) 'Catch Me' is the most charming of Mr. Spielberg's mature films, because it is so relaxed."
		Kirk Honeycutt The Hollywood Reporter	"While the film is briskly paced, it nevertheless runs long"
		Stephen Hunter The Washington Post	"It's brilliantly acted. But best of all, it's brilliantly made"
		Philip French The Guardian	"'Catch Me If You Can' is overly complicated in its flashback construction and too long for a movie that scarcely digs at all into its protagonist's character (...) But still, it's amusing and high spirited"
		Mark Dinning Empire	"More slow-burning than you'd expect, and all the more breathtaking for it (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		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"

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