Catch Me If You Can

2002
12A
2h 21m

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Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks in Catch Me If You Can (2002)

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Caper Coming-of-Age Docudrama Globetrotting Adventure Period Drama True Crime Biography Crime Drama

Barely 17 yet, Frank is a skilled forger who has passed as a doctor, lawyer and pilot. FBI agent Carl becomes obsessed with tracking down the con man, who only revels in the pursuit.Barely 17 yet, Frank is a skilled forger who has passed as a doctor, lawyer and pilot. FBI agent Carl becomes obsessed with tracking down the con man, who only revels in the pursuit.Barely 17 yet, Frank is a skilled forger who has passed as a doctor, lawyer and pilot. FBI agent Carl becomes obsessed with tracking down the con man, who only revels in the pursuit.

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IMDb RATING

8.1/10

1.2M

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POPULARITY

614

See production info at IMDbPro

Top rated movie #175

Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 16 wins & 46 nominations total

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Trivia
Frank Abagnale Jr.: The French officer that arrests Frank on Christmas Eve, 1967.

Goofs
While Frank and Carl are flying back to the US Frank looks out the window and tells Carl that they are over Fiorello LaGuardia Airport and runway Number 44. All runway ends are painted/labeled based on the compass direction or bearing it is facing or heading. A Due North is runway "36", meaning 360 degrees and the opposite end marked "18", for 180 degrees. Runway numbers include 1 to 36. No runway 44 exists.

Quotes
Frank Abagnale Sr.: Two little mice fell in a bucket of cream. The first mouse quickly gave up and drowned. The second mouse, wouldn't quit. He struggled so hard that eventually he churned that cream into butter and crawled out. Gentlemen, as of this moment, I am that second mouse.

Crazy credits
During the first thirty seconds of the credits we hear the FBI typewriters.

Alternate versions
In the French language version of the film, Frank teaches his high school Spanish class instead of French.

Connections
Edited from To Tell the Truth (1969)

Soundtracks
To Tell the Truth
Written by Paul Alter and Robert Israel

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Featured review

8/10

Hard to believe its true

I Don't know how accurate these events are but as they are based on accounts written by Frank Abagale Jr. himself, then i assume that they are probably only dramatised for the viewing audience.

It's hard to believe that people were so naive, that they allowed Frank Abagnale to achieve what he did, but i have give the guy credit for pushing the system, and riding the high life for as long as he did.

Leonardo DiCaprio does a great job of capturing the character of Frank Abignale Jr. (strange i didn't picture him in the role of a jet setting Gigalo) and the rest of the cast although only little more than fringe characters, are all very well cast and give typically fine performances, as you would expect with the calibre of Hanks and Walken.

All in all this is a fine film, that most people will enjoy watching 8/10