Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2339 in DVD
• Released on: 2004-02-02
• Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Formats: PAL, Widescreen
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: Arabic, Bulgarian, French, German
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 135 minutes

Synopsis
Based on the true story of Frank W Abagnale Jr, a gifted master of deception. Frank was able to use many guises including an airline pilot, a doctor and a lawyer in order to deceive people and hot on his heels was a FBI agent who was determined to bring him to justice...

Customer Reviews

Tickles the Funny Bone!
Catch Me if You Can by Steven Spielberg is about a young man who was a brilliant master of deception. It is based on the real life exploits of Frank Abagnale, Jr. who successfully passed himself off as a teacher, a pilot, a doctor and a lawyer all before he reached his 21st birthday! He did this in the late 1960's.

Frank Abagnale, Jr. used disguise and deception to get away with his antics. He passed off bad checks to finance his expensive life by targeting drone like people. He stole the bulk of the money from corporations.

Masterful performances by both Leonardo Dicaprio as Frank Abagnale, Jr. and Tom Hanks as his pursuer make this an enormously entertaining and light hearted movie that tickles the funny bone.

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Amazing film!
Just one word...AMAZING.With very good acting from Tom Hanks and Leonardo DiCaprio as always. Frank Abagnale Jr.(DiCaprio) is a young con man living in America in the 1960's, who steal's over $1,000,000 from the goverment, on his trail is veteran FBI agent Carl Hanratty (Hanks) willing to go to any lengths to bring Abagnale to justice. Steven Speilberg did a great job with this film. Good Job!

excellent true story
Leonardo Di Caprio (Gangs of New York) stars as Frank Abagnale Jr, a young man who runs away from home and successfully becomes a con artist, getting involved in different professions whilst FBI agent Carl Hanratty tries to track him down.

Based on true events, this crime drama shows the extraordinary events of Frank Abagnale as he travels around forging cheques and becoming a teacher, a lawyer and a doctor and it is all quite remarkable that all these events really took place and is watching just for that fact.

Di Caprio is again on top form as Abagnale and does well to become accustomed to the significant central role and portrays the con artist as sophisticated, intelligent and interesting to watch and his reactions and quick witted dialogue make the character a joy to observe. The charm behind the character is very good and is also quite funny, giving the plot and the protagonist depth and an emotion we can identify with.

Tom Hanks (Cast away) is equally impressive as Carl Hanratty, the FBI agent who is trying to track Abagnale down. Sensitive and intelligent, Hanratty has a massive task on his hand to catch the con artist, and the film justifies the crime and thriller genre by anchoring a strong meaning between the two protagonists. I personally would have liked to see more of Hanratty in the film, given the character more depth but the fact that we just see the professional side of the agent gives him strong realism and a less clichéd approach.

The plot and the dialogue are excellent, very consistent. The film does take a while to get going and the use of flashbacks and jumping through time can get a bit messy but otherwise it is a sharply written crime drama with two great characters, not to mention Christopher Walken who was Oscar nominated for the portrayal of Abagnale's father and is one of the best true stories ever written for the big screen.

8/10