Catch Me If You Can: 7.8

Rating: 7/10 (28 April 2019)

For a two hour and twenty minute movie, Catch Me If You Can is surprisingly brisk. Smooth is the word that best describes this clever cat and mouse movie, smooth because of the consistent pace driven by excellently written and performed characters. Watching Frank Abagnale's antics throughout the story is so enjoyable to watch mostly to due DiCaprio's great performance and the rest of the cast, seen through Spielberg's signature dynamic camera. But the only things holding Catch Me If You Can back from being a great movie, is the shallowness of its stakes, and the jazz that is present sproadically through the movie but it needed to be present consistantly. Overall, Catch Me If You Can has fun antics by its eccentric characters, but is held back by the lack of jazz in its smooth step. So I give it a 7.8.