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An FBI agent (Hanks) tracks down and catches a young con artist (DiCaprio) who successfully impersonated an airline pilot, doctor, assistant attorney general and history professor, cashing more than $2.5 million in fraudulent checks in 26 countries.

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An enormously entertaining (if somewhat shallow) affair from blockbuster director Steven Spielberg. Leonardo DiCaprio stars as Frank Abagnale, Jr., a dazzling young con man who spent four years impersonating an airline pilot, a doctor, and a lawyer--all before he turned 21. All the while he's pursued by a dedicated FBI agent named Carl Hanratty (Tom Hanks), whose dogged determination stays one step behind Abagnale's spontaneous wits. Both DiCaprio and Hanks turn in enjoyable performances and the movie has a bouncy rhythm that keeps it zipping along. However, it never gets under the surface of Frank's drive to lose himself in other identities, other than a simplistic desire to please his father (Christopher Walken, excellent as always), nor does it explore the complex mechanics of fraud with any depth. By the movie's end, it feels like one of Frank's pilot uniforms--appearance without substance. --Bret Fetzer

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Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.85:1
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.43 x 7.52 x 0.67 inches; 3.47 Ounces
Item model number ‏ : ‎ 2245430
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours and 21 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ May 6, 2003
Actors ‏ : ‎ Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Candice Azzara, Nathalie Baye, James Brolin
Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ French
Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English, French, Spanish
Language ‏ : ‎ Unknown (Surround)
Studio ‏ : ‎ Dreamworks Video
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00005JLSB
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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Bay Quet

5 so I'll err upwards because this movie is great - and well worth watching and rewatching

Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2017

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I gave this movie a 9 on IMDB but there's no way to post 4.5 so I'll err upwards because this movie is great - and well worth watching and rewatching.

I'm not going to rehash the awesome plot (truth!), great screenplay, and incredible acting, because that's all over this page. But my opinion:

***SPOILER AHEAD***

There's more substance they could have added. That's why I rated 9 and not 10. But standing on its own, this movie is so well-done.
It doesn't stick to the true story 100%. The one point I don't like is that he gets engaged to a girl, when in reality it was a simpler relationship.
It could have been done equally well as a darker drama, or a longer adventure. Spielberg chose to focus on these few years of Abagnall's life so there automatically is a certain lightness that comes from lacking the bigger picture. But in its own merit, this movie is almost fun to watch. Despite the constant danger of discovery and deception, Frank lives optimistically and hopefully. That makes this movie easy to want to return to.

Altogether, I loved this film.

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halnwheels

A great movie version of incredible story.

Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2019

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Much of this movie is factual, and those parts that are more Hollywood are done tastefully in order to fill in missing detail. For instance, Frank never saw his father again after he left home, but he did in the movie. The fact is, Frank was always trying to please his father and if you can put up with some of this divergence from absolute fact, the movie tells the story with deep feeling. Same for detective Hanratty. He's more of a composite of multiple detectives, and perhaps this is more egregious. But overall, this movie is engaging, and you come away with a concept of his amazing talent. Wonderfully played by Leonardo DeCaprio and Christopher Walken, I bought this movie because it was one of those movies I can watch over again.

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Patty Apostolides (Author)

Why romanticize a criminal?

Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2021

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I had a very difficult time getting into the movie. Deception and lying were rampant in the first fifteen minutes of the movie. I was watching with family and became very uncomfortable at the unexpected sex scene that jumped out at us. I had to turn it off after that. This is NOT a family movie.

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Faiza k

Tom Hanks was the best part.

Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2021

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I was told this is a masterpiece, and I'll love this movie. The reviews hyped it up so much to me. And it left me with the feeling of "meh" when it was over. Was it good? No. Was it terrible? Nope.. Nope, it was just OK. Now, I'm a very easy movie watcher. As long as it's not crazy scary, I can watch just about anything, and enjoy being lost in their world for a while. This movie could have been cut in half. So much unnecessary stuff in it. I love Leo, Walken and Hanks, and none of them could salvage it for me. Like I said, it was just MEH. I would have been fine having not watched it. The only part I really liked was Hank's accent. SO GOOD!

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Ananomous

Why did I wait so long to watch this?

Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2021

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This was a great movie. It had some sexual scenes that you might want to skip over if you are watching it with teenagers, but the plot and the character development was phenomenal. You gain sympathy for Frank even as he is defrauding banks out of millions of dollars and manipulating good people, because you know he is only doing it to run away from the pain of his parents' divorce. And as Frank lies again and again and again, suffering the isolation that naturally results from such behavior, he begins to understand why truth matters, and he finds a father figure in Handratty, the FBI agent who is trying to capture him. Although Handratty is committed to pursuing justice, he sincerely loves Frank and is able to help him to heal from the pain that he has spent so many years fleeing from. Yes, there were some sexual scenes, but it was a true story worth telling and a story well told.

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porkchop

The reason the movie sparkles this much is becuase it's so, so deep.

Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2013

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The Abagnales divorce because of cheating. They ask Frank Jr. to pick a side, and he does. He picks his dad. Frank takes his father's con-man lifestyle and turns it up to eleven, partly to run away from trouble, and partly to give his dad his Cadillac back. Life has been unfair to him--he's lost his business, his reputation and his wife. Except that as Frank spends 4 years fleeing an exuberantly filmed ticker tape parade of phony checks, he realizes that his dad was the cheater. You don't want to see it because he's so loving, but his dad charmed and manipulated the world before it ever had a chance to be fair.

Frank is chased by the FBI throughout the movie, but his conflicts are all internal: the excitement of lying and the longing to be honest; the joy of creativity and the loneliness of living a lie.

(Frank and Agent Handratty, both alone in the dark on Christmas Eve, when Frank tells him honestly where he is, and Handratty says, "you don't have anyone else to call.")

People watch this movie and say they loved it--but not because it was any good! Those people are wrong. This is one of the best movies ever made. Every performance is filled with charm and sincerity. The score is lively and clever but never manipulative. The cinematography is drop dead gorgeous. This movie is hosed down in light and color. It's like light and color making out for two and a half hours.

Mostly, the power of this movie comes from the fact that Frank grows up while pretending to be a grownup, so all his intense coming-of-age moments are tinged with nostalgia even as he's experiencing them for the first time. No one is surprised that Spielberg does that with perfect sincerity. You might be surprised that he also makes it funny.

Also, that era in the sixties that we all know was corrupt and broken inside, just underneath its veneer of side parts and big cars? That's put across with honesty, yet without any cynicism or irony. That a movie could feel so lighthearted while doing all that is practically miraculous.

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David A. Schultz

A riveting story. Worth the $$$.

Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2019

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It is hard to believe that someone can become so "good" at being a conman in such a short amount of time. You'd think it would take a decade or more. Then counterfeiting? Di Caprio is an excellent actor and makes the main character believable. Then there's Tom Hanks, also excellent, that tops off the cast. Between the two and the subject matter, you'll stay engaged the whole time. A very good viewing experience.

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rbmusicman/and/movie-fan'

COMPULSIVE VIEWING WATCHING A TEEN OUTWIT THE F.B.I FOR SOME YEARS.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 12, 2021

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The film directed by Steven Spielberg is, if but loosely based on a true story telling of how a teenager Frank Abagnale (played in the film by Leonardo DiCaprio) after the breakup of his parents marriage, runs away and over a period of 3/4 years not only evades capture by the F.B.I, he manages to accumulate around $4 million by cashing cheques he has learned to forge.
Initially Frank jnr. manages to con his way into becoming an airline-pilot cashing forged pay-cheques, the deception takes several weeks to surface bringing F.B.I agent Carl Hanratty (Tom Hanks) on the case of finding young Frank.
However, changing his name frequently helps him stay one step ahead of his pursuers, even changing his profession along the way to that of a Doctor.
Carl Hanratty will get close of several occasions to catching the young con-man, however, the teen remains alert to the threat.
Young Frank will even try his hand at being a Lawyer and almost marry the boss's daughter.
Frank's luck will eventually run out, but, he'll Kinda still have the last laugh.
The film also stars Christopher Walken as Frank's father and Martin Sheen as his boss in the Law-Firm.
A film I myself haven't watched for many years, had forgotten just how good and often amusing the film really if.....Until now.
With a great cast line-up the film is certainly worthy of a revisit or indeed first viewing

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mu4awf

Ver clever film....immersive!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 21, 2014

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What a clever film! Fantastic plot twist. Based on a true story (as are some of the best films of all time). Leonardo put so much effort into researching the real life Mr Abignail and it really pays off. Fantastic acting by both DiCaprio and Hanks. It reawakens a childish imagination of what it could be like to live in someonelse's shoes and explores some interesting and still massively relevant issues of how society responds to people differently just by the clothes they wear or the documents they carry. You get totally absorbed into the story and whilst you realise that Mr Abignail is clearly a criminal, you know the reason why he is behaving that way and you sympathise with him. Who's side will you take? Who do you root for? When I first watched it I changed my mind on this multiple times, and still do every time I watch it. How refreshing! So many films are so black and white good vs evil, but this one is far more entertaining because it forces you to really think hard about who is in the right.The attention to detail in the film is incredible. On a par with 'The Terminal' for the immersive story, the societal issue sit addresses, the characters and the general atmosphere of the film.

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Flower

FBI Agent Carl Hanratty (Tom Hanks) is forever hot on Abagnale's trail and the subsequent cat-and-mouse chase never gets boring.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 27, 2014

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Catch Me If You Can is a highly satisfying 141 minutes of film drama.

The film follows the true, captivating story of Frank Abagnale Jr. - depicted flawlessly (and I mean flawlessly) by the ever-impressive Leonardo DiCaprio. Abagnale was 'the most successful bank robber in history' whose initiative, cunning and determination saw him con doctors, lawyers, policemen and airline pilots. However, FBI Agent Carl Hanratty (Tom Hanks) is forever hot on Abagnale's trail and the subsequent cat-and-mouse chase never gets boring.

The acting? Superb. The plot? Original. The dialogue? Realistic. The message? Lasting. 'Catch Me If You Can' is satirical and funny but ever poignant and mesmerizing - it raises important questions in the minds of the viewers; questions of morality, of meaning and of the power of the individual to overcome so many obstacles.

If you haven't seen Spielberg's 'Catch Me If You Can', with its brilliant acting and stellar cast, you simply are missing out big time.

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Ronald McGill

Love of parents

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 28, 2011

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Frank loves his parents. He loves the way they love each other. His heart breaks when he realizes that one of them is `cheating' on the other. He starts masquerading. They are now divorcing. He has to choose to live with one or other parent. He is 16. He chooses but is traumatized. (I was not traumatized not knowingly anyway; I was five). His deceptions increase. He continues to love his chosen parent. His grip on reality lessens as his masquerades become more outlandish. He is now travelling extensively but still writes `home'. He keeps wanting his parents to be together again but by now, his other parent has remarried. He finds out. He is in disbelief; simply not acceding to the possibility. More deceptions lead eventually to capture. He even escapes that process briefly to see his other parent. His looking through the window... is so poignant. It ends with his new parent figure. For me, this is a very moving story (with some personal resonance). The film is beautifully acted and paced. John Williams' music is perfect. Love of parents and one in particular, permeates this entire film.

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sam lowry

Catch me if you can blu ray

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 26, 2015

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Steven Spielberg's sixties adventure has a terrific premise, of being true, De caprio playing a fraudster, whom is both played with sympathy by De caprio, he is hotly pursued by Tom hanks, whom is warm and funny, and only knows one joke.
Supported by Chris Walken (playing De caprio's father), Amy Adams, jennifer Garner, Martin Sheen, it is both very funny and serious. Spielberg directs adroitly & even throws in a reference to "Goldfinger", which is pulled off brilliantly.
If you are a Spielberg or De Caprio fan (or both) , invest in this. Excellent

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