Mildly entertaining

Rating: 6/10 (1 June 2003)

Everybody did an OK job here, but I guess the movie was less than the sum of its parts. The film just fails to engage. I expected more from Spielberg. The plot had Abagnale doing some really dumb things, he would have never been caught otherwise. I suppose these things were supposed to be poignant, but were just really dumb. One example: setting up his print shop in the French town his mother was from. He had five million dollars. He could have gone anywhere. And why did Christopher Walken get an Oscar nomination for this? He is a fine actor, but I didn't think that this role was really worthy. Overall. this is mildly entertaining, but all involved can do better. Grade: C-