Catch Me If You Can (2002)

Posted : 1 year, 6 months ago at Apr 28 2:59

"Sometimes it's easier livin' the lie." Catch Me If You Can is one of Spielberg's best films of late. The whole film is told with a very bright, charming atmosphere accompanied by great filmmaking in every aspect. Based on the real life story, Leonardo DiCaprio plays teenager Frank Abagnale Jr. who runs away from home at a tender age of 16. After the bitter divorce of his parents, Frank can't deal with the emotion and flees his home in an attempt to escape what is happening. But Frank soon discovers that he has very little funds to keep him going, and realises that he can pose as someone employed in a high class occupation to get him a nice fat paycheck. Before Frank reaches his 21st birthday, he proceeded to impersonate a pilot, a doctor, a lawyer and became a dab hand at forgi...Read more

Rating : 9/10

Posted : 2 years, 3 months ago at Aug 16 3:23

On the surface Catch Me If You Can feels like one of those fun caper movies. It's interesting seeing how Frank Abagnale Jr (DiCaprio) executes his cons.

But this also a story of a family breaking apart and the lengths that this young man goes to in order to get his family back.

Great cast - the performances are outstanding and sets are delicious - the attention to detail to create the ideal of the 1960s is superb.

My main problem with Catch Me If You Can is that it starts to drag. The multiple endings (the movie could have finished off in France) left me feeling let down instead of uplifted.

Rating : 8/10