Catch Me If You Can

An enormously entertaining (if somewhat shallow) affair from blockbuster director Steven Spielberg. Leonardo DiCaprio stars as Frank Abagnale, Jr., a dazzling young con man who spent four years impersonating an airline pilot, a doctor, and a lawyer--all before he turned 21. All the while he's pursued by a dedicated FBI agent named Carl Hanratty (Tom Hanks), whose dogged determination stays one step behind Abagnale's spontaneous wits. Both DiCaprio and Hanks turn in enjoyable performances and the movie has a bouncy rhythm that keeps it zipping along. However, it never gets under the surface of Frank's drive to lose himself in other identities, other than a simplistic desire to please his father (Christopher Walken, excellent as always), nor does it explore the complex mechanics of fraud with any depth. By the movie's end, it feels like one of Frank's pilot uniforms--appearance without substance. --Bret Fetzer

Movie Details

Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Amy Adams, Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, Jennifer Garner
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Running time: 140
DVD Aspect Ratios: 1.85:1

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DVD Features:

Behind the Camera

Cast Me If You Can

Frank Abagnale: Between Reality and Fiction

The FBI Perspective

Score Featurette

DVD International release dates:
North America: May 6, 03