Cinema Release Date: February 12, 2003
Film already available on DVD since: February 1, 2007
With Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Time: 02h21min Production Year: 2002
Distributor: United International Pictures (UIP)
I am a big fan of Spielberg. So far as I know, his movies since the 1980s have greatly influenced my generations. Yet I still have problems in getting interested in his movies, Catch Me If You Can is one of them. It was released in 2003, when I watched it, I was attracted by its magic and surprised that there could be a movie like this. Basically, I'm not disappointed.
In this movie, Frank Abagnale Jr. decides to flee from the divorce of his parents with one thing in mind: to earn money to help them resume normal life. But rather than be overwhelmed by the reality of life, Frank decides to forge checks and become one of the greatest forgers in the 1970s. Pursued by FBI inspector Handratty, he escaped himself with several identities before becoming one of his employees at the end of the movie.
The story origins from the real story of Frank Abagnale, a real forger who fooled many companies to withdraw money with cheques. Finally, his talent offers him an opportunity to become an advisor as a FBI in the film. The screenplay comes from his novel autobiography "Catch Me If You Can," there is no dead time for the viewer who follows a kind of relentless chase without being exhausting and even less boring. The strength is definitely the relationship of two characters between Tom Hanks and Leonardo DiCaprio, which greatly attracts the interest of its audience. The goal is not to evade police, but to go as far as possible, and especially to get out unscathed.
So this film is not an action movie, but a comedy with fantastic gaits: a character enjoys the good life of certain functions. Basically, Frank is not a civilian, but is a youth who is afraid to fail. He is very lonely and needs to be noticed in the eyes of others. He is afraid of facing the reality of his powerful parents who are divorced. And it is their divorce that plunges him and causes him to leave his home and make criminal actions.
Faced with Franck Handratty, a FBI agent who has no life to his job. His family is completely absent, and Handratty seems to be a frustrated figure. Basically, they are almost the same kind of person. Both are miserable. Franck urges Handratty not to chase him, because he wanted the ability to blend into scenery and abuse of others, but he chose another path.
Spielberg's own style is still present, though less than usual, he does not abuse this time of the brightness of the light. Playing on warm colors and highlighting on the good life between Franck and Handratty. Yet despite the good things this film offers, it comes out with a happy end.
Basically, Catch Me If You Can is a good movie for us to entertainment ourselves. Although its essence evaporates too quickly and never leaves a slight taste for pleasure in the closing credits. We will not blame Steven Spielberg, after all, he cannot make history with every film.
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