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Summary: Quite good.
Review: Smart, brilliant and scheming, this movie tells a story of a person wanting to be catched to show the world that he is capable of doing anything he desires and loves the thrills of being chased by fedral governments. For anyone who has not watched this, buy the DVD and add it to your collections because this one is a definite keeper.
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Summary: GREAT PRETENDER
Review: I was surprised to find that this movie entertained me. Not that I was expecting it to be horrible, but I definitely was not expecting anything truly entertaining. I am not much of a Leonardo diCaprio fan, so I am skeptical anytime I see one of his films. However, he did very well in his role, and conveyed both the excitement and anxiety of being someone in his position (pretending and always on the run to be one step ahead of the law). Also appealing were Tom Hanks and the actors portraying diCaprio's parents, Christopher Walken and Nathalie Baye.A couple of things annoyed me though (because something inevitably does): 1. Jennifer Garner. I don't care how popular she becomes. I find her miserably annoying. 2. The strange and too long intro to the movie with stick figure drawings. It, oddly enough, practically tells the whole story... and as I said, goes on for too long.
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Summary: HBJU
Review: Not a bad movie. Definately a chichk thriller
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Summary: A great surprise
Review: This is one movie that is a sleeper. This should have been mentioned so much more than it had been. Is there a reward for sleeper of the year? Catch me if You Can is a great story with great acting and a little action to boot. Since it is a true story, you sit on the edge of your seat wondering what the next twist will be. Hanks portrayal as an FBI agent who has a focus and a goal, sees his vision and pursues and pursues. This is one fun movie.
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Summary: Catch this if you Can!
Review: Catch Me if You Can is a great film from director Stephen Spielberg, the man who has given us great movies before. Catch Me if You Can stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks in this funny, yet dramatic. Leonardo DiCaprio plays Frank William Abagnale Jr.. After things at Frank's home get bad, his parents getting divorced, Frank decides to run away from home. He quickly learns its not as easy as it looks but eventually he begins forging checks, paychecks that are almost real and fools everybody. Tom Hanks plays FBI Agent Carl Handratty, the man who is on Frank's tail, who specializes in Bank Fraud. Frank manages to stay one step ahead of the FBI by constantly changing his name and impersonating a Pilot, a doctor and a lawyer, and manages to go all over the country, and eventually the world, forging checks. The performances given by Tom Hanks and Leonardo DiCaprio are very well performed. They both manage to stay in character throughout the entire film. Leonardo DiCaprio makes a perfect Frank W. Abagnale. The music, composed by John Williams, is catchy and helps to better define the film and what it is really about. It has a mysterious "Where are you?" feel to it. Other tunes are more catchy than others but during the opening credits you quickly get the feel of what the movie is about. Brilliant acting and direction help "Catch Me if You Can" be a stunningly good movie. Two brilliant lead actors and a legendary director make this a classic film to enjoy again and again.
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Summary: Awesome film!
Review: This summer, on my vactation, i saw this film, 'cause my sister said it was good. At first, i didn't have any interest in seeing it, but then when it started, i was glued! This movie was very good, and it had such an interesting plot and story. The was that this movie was filmed was very cool, original and unique. It was filmed like a 1960's pop movie, but it did make sense, 'cause it did take place in the 60's. Also, like usual, Tom Hanks was excellent in it. So i highly reccomened and consider this movie.
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Summary: And They Did
Review: This is a generally entertaining film with lesser ambitions than comparable films such as The Great Impostor (1961) and -- at least to some extent -- Zelig (1983) and Chamelon Street (1989). Directed by Steven Spielberg, Catch Me If You Can is mostly based on the autobiography of Frank W. Abagnale, Jr., played by Leonardo DiCaprio. His performance is adequate but overshadowed by those of Christopher Walken (as Frank Sr.) and Tom Hanks (as Carl Hanratty, a character created by Spielberg and Jeff Nathanson who wrote the screenplay). Given Frank Jr.'s charm which seems natural to DiCaprio, it is easy to understand how quickly he could deceive so many different people, both in the United States and abroad. More difficult for me to understand is how Frank Jr. -- as portrayed by DiCaprio -- could sustain that deception almost indefinitely. I just wish the film had devoted more attention to the exceptional cunning which was obviously required of Frank Jr. to devise so many ingenious strategies and tactics. For example, he recognized the benefits of having others' bank deposits credited to his own account so he devised a way by which to print slips bearing his account number. He then replaced blank deposit slips in bank branches with his own deposit slips. I also wish more attention had been devoted to examining Frank Jr.'s compulsive need to assume others' identities. Deep down, was he ashamed of his father? Was he ashamed of himself? I am also curious to know how he could betray the confidence of so many decent people and still remain so cheerful, even playful, even after he was finally apprehended. Perhaps Spielberg should be blamed for casting DiCaprio or perhaps the two of them should be blamed for a poorly developed character. In fact, other than Frank Sr. and perhaps Hanratty, none of the characters in this film is sufficiently developed. Hence the Four Star rating which includes one for the Walken and Hanks performances and another for the special features. To repeat, Catch Me If You Can is frequently entertaining. However, after seeing it again recently, I again wondered if the real Frank Jr. could gain my confidence as easily as he did others. Probably...but DiCaprio's Frank Jr. couldn't.
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Summary: All around fun movie
Review: This is one of those movies that no one will say is their favorite movie, but everyone will agree that it's good and a lot of fun to watch. It's one of those movies that's great to just sit down and watch with some popcorn. Great for the entire family too. You'll like it. Makes a great gift for yourself or anyone else.
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Summary: Skip It If You Can
Review: After the excellent "Minority Report", Spielberg returns with something completely different in "Cath Me If You Can". Given that I wasn`t expecting much from it, this isn`t a big letdown. Unfortunately, this stylish story about a burglar (Leonardo Di Caprio) and his persecutor (Tom Hanks) isn`t all that appealing and becomes just another popcorn flick with a few nice twists. Sure, the direction and acting are great, the soundtrack cool enough and overall it`s a decent time-capsule picture, however it`s way too long and gets predictable and repetitive. The characters aren`t as deep as they want to be and as a whole the movie lacks substance. Anyway, it still is watchable, there`s a lot worse out there.
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Summary: Hey, not bad
Review: I used to dislike Leonardo DiCaprio. His status in Hollywood appeared to be based mainly on Titanic, which I had never seen, but I knew it was a big chick flick for a lot of girls. This movie was excellently done. Maybe he's not so bad after all.
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