Earthly Spielberg's delight

Rating: Null/10 (12 March 2003)

Steven Spielberg, who has always fascinated us (not me,always) with his stories of the superhuman and the supernatural, capable of bringing a tear to our eye, triumphs this time with a well told story (apparently a true story, too) about a con-artist who managed to escape from the law for several years before he was caught and redeeming himself by helping the same law he once bended. Some of my friends who watched the movie before me have told me `it's nothing special'. After watching it myself, I understand why: they were expecting a comedy with unexpected send-ups and goofy turn of events. Thank God they were wrong. `Catch me if you can' doesn't try to teach us a moral lesson, or make us think a lot. It's just a story. And well told too. The cast is superb: Di Caprio has never been better (at least since `What's eating Gilbert Grape') and Tom Hanks and Christopher Walken have given an excellent support to the main character. You can sense Spielberg's hand in some parts, but overall it's a movie with a story you can enjoy without thinking what to expect next. My Rating: 4/5