Best Picture 2002

Rating: 10/10 (29 December 2002)

The executive producers - Tony Romano and Michelle Shane deserve not only the Oscar for Best Picture but a Congressional Medal Of Honor for bringing a REAL MOTION PICTURE back to the theaters of the world. That said; `Catch Me If You Can' has got to be one of the most thoroughly entertaining feature films since, `Moonstruck.'
Hats off to Steven Speilberg for absolutely fabulous direction. Leonardo Dicaprio deserves the Oscar and Golden Globe for an unbelievably great performance as young Frank Abingnale - Tom Hanks was, as always, truly convincing as FBI agent, Carl Hanratty - Christopher Walken as Dicaprio's father was a truly mesmerizing performance. I fell in love with Nathalie Byer. The entire cast, it seems, is on the same page - the chemistry is at once believable and heart wrenching.
Jeff Nathanson screenplay is a beauty. I expect we'll see a lot more from Jeff.
From the opening titles to the costumes to the closing shots this movie was refreshingly original and riveting. Catch Me If You Can, is a throwback to movies of yesteryear that we movie buffs hold dear to our hearts.
Thank you very much for making this movie.