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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community Jan 15, 2003
Pros: Acting, direction, detail
Cons: I would have liked more closure with one character
Summary: The best way to describe the criminal years of Frank Abagnale, Jr., is to compare him to Robin Hood. Until his mid-teens, Frank (Leonardo DiCaprio) had led a life of privilege in the early sixties. His father, Frank, Sr. (Christopher Walken), owned a ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 6, 2010
Pros: Fantastic performances, great score, captivating story, direction by Spielberg
Cons: None
Summary: Steven Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can was the 2002 movie that jumpstarted Leonardo DiCaprio's career post-Titanic (that is, if you don't count Danny Boyle's The Beach). This, along with Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York was ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 1, 2010
Pros: Leo DiCaprio, Christopher Walken and Tom Hanks. Great jazzy score. Good directing.
Cons: Slow at first, but it picks up the pace later.
Summary: Every few years or so, director Steven Spielberg does something very few major filmmakers attempt by helming two movies and releasing them several months apart.According to his filmography on IMDb.com, Spielberg has pulled off this "two ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 1, 2009
Pros: Fantastic story, well acted out by Di Caprio and Walken
Cons: Drags a little in places
Summary: 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. ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 20, 2008
Pros: Great story,acting,direction.
Cons: None
Summary: 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 ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 15, 2008
Pros: Great acting; second half
Cons: Slow start
Summary: 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 ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 22, 2006
Pros: Great performances from Christopher Walken, Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks
Cons: A little slow at the start
Summary: 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 ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 2, 2005
Pros: Great director well put together plot
Cons: none
Summary: 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 ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 26, 2005
Pros: great performances, clever, fun
Cons: not enough Walken
Summary: 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 ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 20, 2004
Pros: Solid acting from both Dicaprio and Hanks...
Cons: Anticlimactic, flawed source material, not a good message for anyone...
Summary: 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 ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 14, 2004
Pros: great story, very good acting
Cons: credits and DVD menus
Summary: 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 ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 22, 2003
Pros: Heart-rending scenes with Christopher Walken.
Cons: Does not go deep enough into the characters themselves, despite length.
Summary: 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 ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 8, 2003
Pros: Hanks, Di Caprio, Walken... interesting plot for the most part, the end sequence is superb
Cons: Plot inconsistencies, downright stupid parts occasionally
Summary: 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 ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 17, 2003
Pros: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg
Cons: Jennifer Garner's character, story falls a little flat in end
Summary: It is very hard for a director to make a truly great film today but it is even harder for a director ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 1, 2003
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.
Summary: This is a major Hollywood movie directed by Spielberg with all that entails - on the plus side it ne ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 31, 2003
Pros: Wide Story
Excellent Acting
Excellent Directing
Cons: Complex film which may not appeal to all
Summary: I decided to rent catch me if you can because of the good reviews and recommendations I had heard. T ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 23, 2003
Pros: An Excellent, Stylish Comedy from Steven Spielberg.
Cons: Slow at Times & Tom Hanks' New England Accent.
Summary: With Hollywood mainstream films now getting more into style over substance, it is now becoming rar ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 15, 2003
Pros: Great plot!
Cons: A bit confusing at times.
Summary: Catch Me If You Can is an absolutely great movie! Leonardo Dicaprio and Tom Hanks were an AWESOME on ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 9, 2003
Pros: Funny and suave. Great for a family movie (except some parts).
Cons: A lot of people expressing their love towards one another.
Summary: I absolutely hat Leonardo Dicaprio but for a movie with him in it, it was pretty good. Some of the s ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 15, 2003
Pros: Well acted interesting story based on a real person.
Cons: If you dig below the surface there's little to feel that good about.
Summary: This film is the fact-based story of a boy who tries to live out the life his father wanted. There i ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 3, 2003
Pros: Unbelievable true story; great acting from DiCaprio, Hanks and Christopher Walken
Cons: Flashback structure isn't too effective
Summary: As I watched CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, Steven Spielberg's thoroughly entertaining romp of a film, I couldn't help but think that the movie glamorizes crimes depicted on the screen--in fact REVELS in them. But then again, doesn't "Ocean's 11?" Doesn't "The ... read more
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An enormously entertaining (if somewhat shallow) affair from blockbuster director Steven Spielberg. Leonardo DiCaprio stars as Frank Abagnale, Jr.,...
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