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Summary: Excellent film, and a true story to boot
Review: We're in the sixties, a time of fun, laughter, love, and trust. Enter Frank W. Abagnale, Jr. Frank is a young adult who has decided to take the world by the horns and ride it until he's thrown...into jail. This movie is Frank's story, adapted for the screen and adjusted slightly to be cinematically compelling.Frank learned the art of forging checks and took it to a new level. In the process he flew thousands of miles for free posing as a pilot for Pan Am, cashing bad checks everywhere he went. Electing to stay in one place for a while, he decides to try his hand at medicine and later law. All the while, a determined FBI agent by the name of Carl Hanratty is on his trail and refuses to let up. For those of you who think that this is a bad film because the bad guy (Frank) "gets away with it" you should know that he spent years in jail in multiple countries for his crimes. He then turned his life around completely by making the crimes he committed much harder to perform. All of the actor's performances are great. The only problem I really have with this movie was the part of Frank Abagnale, Sr. Cristopher Walken gives a fine performance, complete with one remarkable moment of vulnrability, but I don't like the way the screenwriters made his character as it was just such a sad man. A two-disc set, this DVD package comes chock full of extras, including the real breakdown of the man Frank W. Abagnale and his life both as a criminal and an honest man.
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Summary: a nice piece of hollywood fluff, but in a good way.
Review: this is really an entertaining film, but don't try to take it too seriously. i am quite interested in reading the book after seeing the movie, so i guess that's a good thing. christopher walken is, as always, wonderful. parts didn't quite fit, particularly the eight-stewardess thing, but visually it looked nice. i would recommend it for a nice, light summer viewing.
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Summary: Welcome to the Homogenous World of Spielberg!!!
Review: It baffles me that people rave and rave about this movie as if it were somehow a great achievement of Spielberg to make a movie that has absolutely nothing to say, no great performances, no insights into life or human relationships, and no goal other than to distract its audience for a couple of hours and then be quickly forgotten. I suppose that if you were really, really bored, then it might be worth your while to watch Tom Hanks and Lenoard DiCaprio run around and utter inane dialogue. I mean, yes, it's a competently made film. If that's all you're looking for, then here it is. But, honestly, I can think of far more entertaining ways to spend two hours. Spielberg seems to live in a world where there are no black people, no world context for anything that happens, no countries other than the U.S., no cultures other than the white middle-class, and women exist solely to be mothers or pretty (albeit slightly retarded) girlfriends/wives. In Spielberg-World, there are none of the pesky ambiguities of real life. I suppose that this is the appeal of his movies for so many people... that they are total escapism. Personally, though, I find his homogenous white-bread version of reality to be so superficial and so far removed from reality that it's like eating a plate full of marshmellows and then washing it down with a tall glass of milk.
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Summary: Like The Road Runner and Coyote
Review: This was a very enjoyable film. Not being a big Leo fan I was reluctant to even watch this film. But word of mouth convinced me to take a look and I was very happy I did. The character Leo portrays was brillant pure and simple. To pull off what he did at such an early age was incredible. Speilburg does a great job telling this true story in such a manner where there were very few segments that "dragged". It was serious at times and funny at times. The supporting cast did a great job. Kudos to Tom Hanks and Christopher Walken. Even to sets were fantastic. It really looks as if it were the late 60's. This one is a keeper.
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Summary: Appalled!
Review: I must admit, I hated this movie. Yes, the acting was pretty good, but the whole idea of the movie was awful! You have a guy who makes fraudulent checks and cashes them all over the world. Throughout the movie Tom Hanks is chasing him and you end up rooting for the bad guy. In the end, HE GETS AWAY WITH IT! What does that teach us? Only that if you get really good at you crime profession, the government will hire you and you will make 10 times the amount you stole, legally!
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Summary: Enjoyed it - but what's with the accent?!?
Review: I did enjoy this movie - for the same reasons so many did. While it can be hard to belive all this happened - it did - and was documented by the FBI. Doesn't say much for the Feds that this boy elluded them for so long, does it? I also agree that it wasn't too responsible to portray him as some sort of hero, when he was a felon. But..that's Hollywood! What makes this a 4 instead of a 5 for me is the accent!!!!! Where is Tom Hanks suppossed to be from? I know they mention Boston - but I am from MA and NO ONE talks like that! I'd like to meet these Hollywood dialog coaches that think we sound like that. You will never, ever hear anyone from this area speak like that. It's insulting. The only thing worse was when my family and friends had to keep rewinding "Good Will Hunting" because we couldn't understand a word they were saying. Shame on Matt Damon!!! (we finally watched it with the CC on!) Ok - so maybe a minor thing to be upset about, but it really distracts from the movie for me. But still and all, it was an entertaining movie and the story was well told. Definately worth the rent.
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Summary: NOT BAD, but NOT as funny as I'd hoped...
Review: When this movie came out on the big screen I remember the commercials giving me the impression it was going to be hilarious and one big chase after another. Hince the title "Catch me if you can". When I got the DVD I was sort of dissapointed because right at the beginning it says something like, "based on a true story". Right away I was afraid it was going to end up a very boring movie. Also throughout the movie I found myself saying, "that's just not possible!". Especially passing the Bar Exam after studying for just two weeks! I suppose it's true, but it takes the fun out of the movie. They should have put the disclaimer at the end of the movie. The suprise would have been nice. But watching it, knowing it was based on a true story, took the fun out of it to me. ANYWAY...there wasn't really any chasing, just detective work, and I found the movie to be so-so at best. I watched it twice and didn't change me opinion after seeing it the second time. I believe that knowing it was based on a true story before seeing the movie ABSOLUTELY RUINED THE MOVIE for me!
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Summary: Passable but slow-moving tale of a charming con-man
Review: This is an OK movie, but nowhere near the sizzler some folks have made it out to be. It moves VERY slowly for the first hour or so, and failed to make me care very much about either of the two protagonists. Hanks is good in a basically undemanding role. DiCaprio is -- well, DiCaprio, charming and boyish -- and the script is oddly uncaring about the victims of Frank's Pranks. Worth renting if you are interested in con men, or a fan of Hanks or DiCaprio.
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Summary: Very Good.
Review: This was a fun wonderful movie. Utmost care was given to the details pertaining to the era. Leonardo DiCaprio fabulous job, Christopher Walken's acting was good as usual and Spielberg's directing the best. But I was also annoyed by Tom Hanks accent as was a previous reviewer yet he also added to the movie.
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Summary: Worth the view, but only once...
Review: Content and storyline: Good, but a bit overdone in areas. Acting: Very good, but no Oscar noms here. Direction: Very good, but again, no Oscar noms here. Editing: Fair. They could have easily trimmed 30 minutes from this film. Overall: 3 stars. I was cheering at the end of this film for two reasons: 1) that it was finally over after watching for 143 minutes and 2) that I actually made it through. While I'm glad I saw the movie, it's really only a "watch once" and go on. The time they took to character build was wasted because the movie really only focused on DiCaprio and Hanks, so it did us little good learning about the ancillary characters as we went along. I think the bottom line here, which is well stated by many of the previous reviewers is: Too much hype for storyline to deliver.
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