Skip the movie -- read the book instead.

Rating: 5/10 (7 February 2003)

Did I see the same movie 90% of my fellow reviewers saw?
I read the book and perhaps that's why I was sorely disappointed with this film. The film trivialized some of the most interesting parts of the book (the chapter on the French prison was easily the most captivating in my opinion), completely ignored others, and dragged insignificant details out to painful lengths. Leo did an okay job, but I found Hanks grating (not to mention the fact I spent most of the movie trying to figure out why his name wasn't O'Riley, the FBI agent in the book). Walken was good, but I found his character to be very much unlike the man depicted in Frank Abagnale's book.

I was sorely disappointed that the green baby/blue baby joke wasn't even mentioned!
Plus it distorted the whole image of why Frank did the things he did. He, himself, admits that his father's financial troubles were a factor in his actions, but if I remember correctly, he stated much of what he did was hormone-driven -- ie. his affinity for women.
Instead of spending $8 on the film, spend $10 on the book and wait for the movie to be shown on TBS in a few years.