Pros: Fantastic story, well acted out by Di Caprio and Walken Cons: Drags a little in places
In The Talented Mr. Ripley, Matt Damon explains: “I’d rather be a fake somebody than a real nobody.” In many ways, that seems to explain the motivation behind Steven Spielberg’s movie adaptation of the Frank Abagnale story. ...
A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who in the 60's during the age of 16-21 robbed many banks across the U.S and the world , became a Pan Am co-pilot, a pediatrician, a lawyer and his school teacher.< p> The movie begins with Frank Abagnale ...
Catch Me if You Can is one of those movies that defies classification. It is part character study, part cop and robber chase, and even part buddy picture. And while it isn't perfect, all the pieces really seem to hold together. Frank Abagnale ...
Pros: Great performances from Christopher Walken, Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks Cons: A little slow at the start
Last week I had one of those terrible head colds that you sometimes get in summer, so I was reduced to lying on the couch, drinking tea with lemon and honey, and watching DVDs. Wulfette went to the library to pick up some more entertainment and so, of ...
Pros: Great director well put together plot Cons: none
Leonardo Dicaprio, I liked him in the beach and I think he is a clever actor generally. And I shouldn't forget Tom Hanks a mega actor. This I think was definitely a good choice of movie for both of them. Based on a true story about Frank William ...
Pros: great performances, clever, fun Cons: not enough Walken
Poor Leonardo DiCaprio. It must be hard to go from the most popular guy in Hollywood to the laughingstock is just months. Leo was a victim of his own success, grinning out from king-size posters, whispering fervently on that annoyingly spoilerific ...
Pros: Solid acting from both Dicaprio and Hanks... Cons: Anticlimactic, flawed source material, not a good message for anyone...
On New Year’s Day, 2003, my wife went with her mom and sisters to see “Catch Me If You Can,” billed as a sort of chase-thriller-comedy starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks…and directed by Steven Spielberg. This combination had the potential to be ...
Pros: great story, very good acting Cons: credits and DVD menus
Summary: Frank W. Abagnale Jr. (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a young man in what he believes to be a very difficult situation - his father, Frank Abagnale, Sr. (Christopher Walken), is in trouble with the IRS and, as a result, his mother, Paula Abagnale ...
Pros: Heart-rending scenes with Christopher Walken. Cons: Does not go deep enough into the characters themselves, despite length.
Leonardo DiCaprio is Frank Abagnale, Jr. in a true story of a runaway turned counterfeiter and con artist. Frank leaves home the day he learns his parents are going to divorce, when he is forced to choose between them. At just 16 years old he goes on ...
Pros: Hanks, Di Caprio, Walken... interesting plot for the most part, the end sequence is superb Cons: Plot inconsistencies, downright stupid parts occasionally
Catch Me If You Can is the story of a conman who passed himself off as an airline pilot and paediatric doctor among other things, and a dogged FBI check fraud officer. Starring Leonardo Di Caprio in the role of the conman (Frank) and Tom Hanks as the FBI ...
Pros: Fascinating story, well directed and not too badly acted by DiCaprio and Hanks Cons: Occasionally sappy, wish I could know just how much of it was true.
This is a major Hollywood movie directed by Spielberg with all that entails - on the plus side it ne ...
Steven Spielberg's adaptation of Frank W. Abagnale's autobiography CATCH ME IF YOU CAN follows the cat-and-mouse chase of Abagnale Leonardo DiCaprio a...More at Family Video
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