Catch Me If You Can

Pros: Two heroes that grow on you, great visuals, and quite a story underneath it all.
Cons: There isn't any, really.

Frank Abagnale Jr (Leonardo DiCaprio) is charming, and has more than just a glib tongue on him. He's got charisma, and in spades. And he can spin a lie out and reel you right in.

Oh boy, can he spin a lie.

We meet Frank as a kid,...

Pros: Acting, direction, detail
Cons: I would have liked more closure with one character

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...

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: Full of style, fun, and pizzazz
Cons: Feels like a pit stop before Spielberg does something more important

Steven Spielberg's latest film, Catch Me If You Can begins at a Rotary Club awards banquet in New Rochelle, NY. The smarmy Rotary President is giving an award to Frank Abagnale Sr. (Christopher Walken). In the front row, Frank Abagnale Jr....

Pros: Great acting; second half
Cons: Slow start

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 ...

Pros: great performances, clever, fun
Cons: not enough Walken

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 ...

Pros: Walken, Spielberg's direction, the true story, Hanks, DiCaprio in that order
Cons: The skinny hairless boy problem

For a movie that won’t require a marathon of heavy brainwork on the part of the audience, and offers some genuine entertainment, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN is a good way to spend a couple of hours. I am glad I waited for this to be released in DVD...

Pros: exceptional acting, famous actors, how much I had to pay to get in...
Cons: unrealistic plot

It was a Saturday night and I didn’t feel like staying home with my wife and daughter in front of the tv set watching Bill Cosby. Instead, I came online to check the show times of a long-time anticipated movie: Catch Me If You Can. My wife and I had...

Pros: A smart, interesting & vibrant film.
Cons: None.

Catch Me If You Can is the wonderful new film from director Steven Spielberg that was inspired by the true life story of Frank Abagnale Jr (Leonardo DiCaprio), whose world was torn upside down due to the financial and marital difficulties as faced...

Pros: Hanks, Di Caprio, Walken... interesting plot for the most part, the end sequence is superb
Cons: Plot inconsistencies, downright stupid parts occasionally

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 ...

Pros: Fabulous story.
Cons: Cut the hype. Drop the 2nd video and the book re-release.

Generally I don’t get all charged up by a “cop-and-robber” movie. If you’ve seen one handsome Billy-the-Kid chased by the rugged but sometimes bungling sheriff type, then you’ve seen most everything in the western or shoot-em-up...

Pros: Sexy Leonardo to stare at for 2 hours
Cons: I did't get to play the love scenes with him- definite con in my view

Please don’t kill me for this…but I did not see this film as the best thing since cream cheese on a bagel. I was in the salon and I overheard (insert the real word eavesdrop here) two lovely young gals talking about the latest film to hit the...

Pros: An Excellent, Stylish Comedy from Steven Spielberg.
Cons: Slow at Times & Tom Hanks' New England Accent.

With Hollywood mainstream films now getting more into style over substance, it is now becoming rar ...

Pros: DiCaprio, Hanks, Spielberg. A very watchable movie.
Cons: Not much

As you may know, hubby is the entertainment director in our household. Most of the time he gets the right picks, and this case last Wednesday, was no exception. Besides, how wrong can you get, paying a mere 50 cents per movie ticket?

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