Catch Me If You Can

Pros: Entertainment all the way
Cons: No nomination for Leonardo – they could at least have nominated him!!

Steven Spielberg has been working hard lately.

Just think about it – two very smart flicks: ‘AI’ and ‘Minority Report’. The former mostly misunderstood, the latter a smash box office hit, yet again with very different...

Pros: DiCaprio plays his con man with depth and humanity. Excellent supporting cast.
Cons: DiCaprio may be a little too likable. They could've made him a little darker.

Whenever a life is converted into a movie, inevitably, certain details that complicate the character are not included in the picture. Last year's Best Picture Winner, "A Beautiful Mind," was the subject of intense scrutiny for its loose adaptation of...

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: Money For Nuthin' And Chicks For Free: Spielberg's High Riding Catch
Cons: You are a woman in a Spielberg film. Which dustbin do you pick?

Frank Abagnale's illustrious con career began at 16, impersonating a substitute teacher in order to revenge himself upon a student who physically dissed him in front of a pretty female in a hallway. While his parents are discussing the matter with the...

Pros: Hanks and DiCaprio in an intriguing and exceedingly witty cat-and-mouse game
Cons: The 1960s setting may appear strange to some audiences

The latest in a long, long line of excellent films from master filmmaker Steven Spielberg, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, despite being a product of 2002, feels wonderfully old-fashioned. If there is one thing most people should now come to expect from Spielberg,...

Pros: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg
Cons: Jennifer Garner's character, story falls a little flat in end

It is very hard for a director to make a truly great film today but it is even harder for a director ...

Pros: Lighting, Williams's score, Hanks, Walken, Based on a true story, ect.
Cons: Jennifer Garner's role seems pointless, my Hitchcock nod in the title.

During the final third of Steven Spielberg’s latest film "Catch Me If You Can", Christopher Walken says, "They got the cake but they also wanted the crumbs." His character may be talking about the I.R.S. but this statements might as well be the...

Pros: Good Di'Caprio performance, even better Christopher Walken showing in a very interesting movie.
Cons: Tom Hanks, slow, lacking suspense.

The title promises a cat and mouse game of cops and robbers with excitement and suspense thrown in. The reality is somewhat different.

Catch me if you can is a pretty good film, I don't think that Spielberg makes bad ones often, but in my...

Pros: Compelling story, solid performances, nearly universal appeal.
Cons: Could have explored more of Abagnale's life (especially later)

Preface

A few years ago, one or another of my professors in an interpersonal communications class played an audio tape of Frank W. Abagnale, Jr. telling the story of his criminal exploits.

I was riveted to my seat. Not only...

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: Great performances. Fun, light atmosphere. Based on a true story.
Cons: Unneeded inclusion of a certain profanity. Irregular pacing.

If "Catch Me If You Can" hadn't had the "directed by Steven Spielberg" tag in its opening credits, you'd really have no idea that this film came from the man responsible for "Jaws", "Close Encounters", "Schindler's List", or even "Jurassic Park". That's...

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.

This film is the fact-based story of a boy who tries to live out the life his father wanted. There i ...

Pros: Cast, art direction, score, opening credits
Cons: Overlong, too schmaltzy, somewhat underwhelming

Releasing his third film in eighteen months, celebrated filmmaker Steven Spielberg decided to take it down a notch, making a film that’s more lighthearted and accessible to mainstream audiences. The film is Catch Me if You Can, the story of...

Pros: Clean, light, entertaining and fun! Great Saturday matinee.
Cons: Bends the truth for effect...but, what's new in Hollywood?

My husband and I went out on a double date to the amazing PF Chang’s, but the wait to get a table at the hopping restaurant was THREE HOURS!! No joke. So, we took our table-pager and went over to the movie theater behind the restaurant to pass the...

Pros: Fast paced, fresh and exciting. Almost has the 60's flair of Our Man Flint.
Cons: Tom Hanks character didn't develop as hoped. Don't read the book first.

I hope you can find time to view this fast paced, fresh and exciting new movie featuring Leonardo DiCaprio as teen-aged con-man Frank Abagnale, Jr. Whether jetting across the country impersonating a Co-Pilot for a major airline, supervising a staff of...