Catch Me If You Can Reviews

Catch Me If You Can Review
by John Ulmer (Rating: 4.5/5)
"Catch Me If You Can" is based on the true story of Frank Abagnale, the most successful conman in history. By the age of 19, Frank had already posed as a pilot for Pan Am, paraded around as a medical doctor, and fooled everyone by taking an...more

Catch Me If You Can Review
by Andrew Staker
This playful pursuit through the 1960s from director Steven Spielberg features the vivid music, colour and aroma of the era. 'Hollywood heartthrob' Leonardo DiCaprio (treasured by some for his looks, by others of his acting) plays real-life conman...more

Catch Me If You Can Review
by Jerry Saravia (Rating: 4/4)
The previews for Steven Spielberg's caper comedy are off the mark one-hundred percent. I was led to believe that this was a comedy-drama with thrills every second. I thought it was about the excitement of trying to catch up with a con man on the loose...more

Catch Me If You Can Review
by Shannon Patrick Sullivan (Rating: 3/4)
Directed by Steven Spielberg. Screenplay by Jeff Nathanson, based on the novel by Frank Abagnale Jr and Stan Redding. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken. Running time: 140 minutes. Rated PG for mild language by the MFCB. Reviewed...more

Catch Me If You Can Review
by Robin Clifford (Rating: B+)
Airline co-pilot, chief emergency ward physician, school teacher, assistant to the District Attorney of New Orleans and check forger extraordinaire are the careers that Frank Abagnale Jr. (Leonardo DiCaprio) took on before his 21st birthday. But, even...more

Catch Me If You Can Review
by Rose 'Bams' Cooper
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (2002) Rated PG-13; running time 151 minutes Studio: DreamWorks Pictures Genre: Crime/Comedy Seen at: Celebration Cinema (Lansing, Michigan) Official site: http://www.dreamworks.com/catchthem/ IMDB site:...more

Catch Me If You Can Review
by Dennis Schwartz (Rating: C+)
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (director: Steven Spielberg; screenwriter: based on the book by Frank Abagnale Jr & Stan Redding/Jeff Nathanson; cinematographer: Janusz Kaminski; editor: Michael Kahn; music: John Williams; cast: Leonardo DiCaprio (Frank Abagnale,...more

Catch Me If You Can Review
by Mark R. Leeper (Rating: 7/10)
CAPSULE: Steven Spielberg's Christmastime film is based on the true story of a young con artist who by turns acted as a pilot for an airline, practiced medicine for a hospital, and practiced law, all without authentic training. He passed millions of...more

Catch Me If You Can Review
by Homer Yen (Rating: B)
Here's a film about a teenager who lived a life so absurd that no screenwriter could ever make it up. As a distraught runaway, this enterprising youngster forged checks with artistic brilliance while he lied his way into high-profile jobs such as an...more

Catch Me If You Can Review
by Karina Montgomery (Rating: 5/5)
Spielberg is the least appreciated and most finely tunes craftsman American storyteller in the film industry. Not only can he present a narrative with carefully timed pacing and verbal content, he also is a master of visual shorthand and slyly...more

Catch Me If You Can Review
by JoBlo (Rating: 7/10)
PLOT: Based on the real-life adventures of a 16-year old boy who fooled a whole lotta people into believing that he was an actual airline pilot, a doctor and a lawyer over a period of many years, this film focuses on his many swindles, as well as his...more
Catch Me If You Can Review
by Bob Bloom (Rating: 3.5/4)
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (2002) 3 1/2 stars out of 4. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, Nathalie Baye, Amy Adams, James Brolin, Brian Howe and Jennifer Garner. Music by John Williams. Based upon the book by Frank W....more
Catch Me If You Can Review
by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 3.5/4)
Moviegoers are blessed with a wide selection of wonderful films this Christmas. Hands-down, the most entertaining of this holiday season's fare is Steven Spielberg's CATCH ME IF YOU CAN. Based on an unbelievable but true story, it tells the life of a...more
Catch Me If You Can Review
by Laura Clifford (Rating: B+)
Frank Abagnale Jr. (Leonardo DiCaprio) looked up to his retailer dad (Christopher Walken), who loved to regale his son with the story of how he among many won the beautiful eighteen year old Frenchwoman (Nathalie Baye, "Venus Beauty Institute") who would...more
Catch Me If You Can Review
by Jon Popick (Rating: 8/10)
By definition alone, I'm starting to dislike movies based on true stories (or those based on "actual events," which seem to be getting more and more prevalent) that were previously unfamiliar to me. I might have liked A Beautiful Mind a lot more if I...more
Catch Me If You Can Review
by Susan Granger (Rating: 10/10)
Susan Granger's review of "Catch Me If You Can" (Dream Works) Once again, truth is stranger than fiction, and this enthralling cat-and-mouse game was inspired by the exploits of audacious Frank W. Abagnale Jr., known as the Skywayman. From the...more
Catch Me If You Can Review
by Harvey S. Karten (Rating: 3.5/4)
# stars based on 4 stars: 3.5 Reviewed by: Harvey Karten DreamWorks Pictures Directed by: Steven Spielberg Written by: Jeff Nathanson, book by Frank W. Abagnale with Stan Redding Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen,...more