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Catch Me if You Can

PG-13

Released Dec 25, 2002

2 hr. 20 min.

Comedy

Drama

Crime

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96%

203 Reviews

Tomatometer

89%

250,000+ Ratings

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Frank Abagnale, Jr. (Leonardo DiCaprio) worked as a doctor, a lawyer, and as a co-pilot for a major airline -- all before his 18th birthday. A master of deception, he was also a brilliant forger, whose skill gave him his first real claim to fame: At the age of 17, Frank Abagnale, Jr. became the most successful bank robber in the history of the U.S. FBI Agent Carl Hanratty (Tom Hanks) makes it his prime mission to capture Frank and bring him to justice, but Frank is always one step ahead of him.

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Critics Consensus

With help from a strong performance by Leonardo DiCaprio as real-life wunderkind con artist Frank Abagnale, Steven Spielberg crafts a film that's stylish, breezily entertaining, and surprisingly sweet.

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Nick J

Amazing movie with a star studded cast. The writing/dialogue are just fantastic and really pull you in. A must see movie.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/13/24

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Natanael F

ótimas atuações do dicaprio e do tom hanks é um se sustenta muito bem até final. O único ponto negativo é algumas icoerrencias com a realidade

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/05/24

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Harrison R

Very good but sadly hard to tell what's fake because they made it up for the movie vs what Frank made up in his autobiography

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/04/24

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Mike W

One of Spielberg's most underrated films, Catch Me If You Can features spectacular performance from DiCaprio, Hanks, and Walken while also offering thrilling suspense and a beautiful cat-and-mouse game between Abagnale and Agent Hanratty. Easily a Top 10 offering from one of the greatest directors of all time.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/04/24

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Bob L

Sorry but this film is dreadful. Leaden performance by diCaprio and even the great Christopher Walken is wasted in a caricature of a part. Being a true story doesn't excuse the plodding through a series of increasingly unlikely events. It lacks wit or sparkle and just chronicles Tom Hanks's unbleievably stupid FBI agent in pursuit of diCaprios's con atrist. Fails to engage this viewer and is neither funny nor suspensful.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/29/24

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Andy J

Wildly entertaining. A masterpeice that keeps you hooked.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/01/24

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Steven Spielberg

Director

Leonardo DiCaprio

Frank W. Abagnale

Tom Hanks

FBI Agent Carl Hanratty

Christopher Walken

Frank Abagnale, Sr.

Martin Sheen

Roger Strong

Nathalie Baye

Paula Abagnale

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A hugely watchable film that disappoints nonetheless.

Rated: 2/4

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Nell Minow

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Excellent account of FBI's youngest Most Wanted.

Rated: 5/5

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Geoff Andrew

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This is the director's most likeable film in ages, even if it's insubstantial, overlong and, frankly, a touch redundant.

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Sean Axmaker

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Spielberg beautifully creates the culture of the 1950s nuclear family shattered and the American Dream soured.

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Cory Woodroof

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"[a] phenomenal Leonardo DiCaprio/Tom Hanks caper..."

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Jim Rohner

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Catch Me If You Can is probably one of the best films amongst Spielberg's minor titles, saying more positively about the man's talent than it says anything negatively about the film.

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Synopsis

Frank Abagnale, Jr. (Leonardo DiCaprio) worked as a doctor, a lawyer, and as a co-pilot for a major airline -- all before his 18th birthday. A master of deception, he was also a brilliant forger, whose skill gave him his first real claim to fame: At the age of 17, Frank Abagnale, Jr. became the most successful bank robber in the history of the U.S. FBI Agent Carl Hanratty (Tom Hanks) makes it his prime mission to capture Frank and bring him to justice, but Frank is always one step ahead of him.

Director: Steven Spielberg
Executive Producer: Barry Kemp, Laurie MacDonald, Michel Shane, Anthony Romano, Daniel Lupi
Screenwriter: Jeff Nathanson, Frank Abagnale Jr., Stan Redding
Distributor: DreamWorks SKG
Production Co: Amblin Entertainment, DreamWorks SKG, Parkes/MacDonald, Splendid Pictures
Rating: PG-13 (Some Sexual Content|Brief Language)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Crime
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 25, 2002, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $164.4M
Sound Mix: Surround

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