Catch Me If You Can

Pros: Forget Titanic, this is Dicaprio's best role.
Cons: Starts slowly, picks up after 45 minutes.

“Catch Me if You Can” is as much about belonging and a sense of place as it is about fakery. Frank Abagnale Jr. (Leonardo DiCaprio) came from a loving, secure two-parent family but like an American dream crumbling was asked to make choices when...

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: That's some pretty slick stuff he did.
Cons: Who cares?

Seems like all I've seen for the last week is hype around this Catch Me If You Can. First there was the preview. Then, a cardboard still set up in the movie theater, cleverly placed so that you see it on the way out, not in. (Ya know, so you...

Pros: A very interesting storyline based on a true story.
Cons: Slow moving. While the subject was interesting the pace was sluggish.

This movie was based on a true story. That in intself tends to get my attention. The things this man accomplished at a such a young age were astounding. My only problem was with the length and pace of the movie. Maybe it's the editing. I kept thinking...

Pros: Great movie to get you interested in check fraud.
Cons: This movie was incredable long and boring at parts.

This movie was a great movie show the main character going from place to place by making money off check fraud. This movie gives you a good idea about the time period and what people were like back then. This also shows the effects of a failing marriage...

Pros: None...not thought provoking
Cons: Too contrived. You can't identify with this guy.

I thought that this was a fairly outdated saga about someone that we really don't care much about. While I think the most interesting points are at the end of the movie (what the lead character has done to help prevent fraud), it was as a whole...

Pros: Hanks attempts new career direction
Cons: Over two hours of Leo alternating between smirking and sulking

"Catch Me If You Can" is primarily about 1) how all women are giggling idiots and 2) how famous movie directors are allowed to do whatever they want, however meager, especially if Big Stars are on board. It pretends to be about the real-life adventures...

Pros: Enjoyable, funny, likable, great performances, and great cinematography.
Cons: A abrupt ending and strange storytelling

I liked this film and it's nice to see Spielberg escaping his sci-fi trademark sometimes. Leonardo DiCaprio (extremely convincing as a teenager) stars as a teenager con artist whose parents gone separate and bankrupt. Taking different identities with FBI agent Carl Handratty (Tom Hanks) fresh on his trails, he's hiding - pro-style.