Leonardo is Superb

Rating: 10/10 (24 January 2003)

Fully realizing the acting opportunity he was given, Leonardo acts his tail off in this true story of a real crook. He's not as cold-blooded as, say, Angelica Huston in "The Grifters", but he's ruthless, unstoppable and sharp as a tack. In many ways, he was just ahead of his time. Today he'd be on talk shows bragging about his conquests and would seem right in time. Back then people were more decent and trusting and he was able to exploit that.

Steven gives the movie a lot of style. It all looks and feels correct to the period but you are not assaulted w/this.
Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen and Jennifer Garner are terrific too. Even Tom Hanks doesn't come across as annoying and self-important as he usually does.
Leo baby, I missed you. Thanks for coming back to the big screen. 9/10.