A Fun and Witty Holiday Flick......

Rating: Null/10 (3 January 2003)

Frank Abagnale(Christopher Walken) is a struggling store owner who has a wife and a loving son Frank Abagnale Jr.(Leonardo Di Caprio). When Frank Abagnale Jr. has to go to public school instead of private because of financial problems. Frank Jr. pretends to be a substitue teacher for his French class to escape taunting by the other students. When Frank Jr.'s mom has an affair with another man, Frank Jr.'s parents decide to get a divorce. This causes Frank Jr. to run away from home never to return. Only a few weeks away from home young Frank Jr. learns how to con his way through the somewhat naive 60's. When Frank Abagnale Jr. was less than 18 years old he had earned his spot as the youngest man ever to be on the FBI's 10 most wanted list. He had succesfuly impersonated a teacher, airline pilot, lawyer, and doctor before being caught by Carl Hanratty(Tom Hanks). Frank was caught in Europe and sent to a European Prison, then transfered to an American Prison. After being in American prison for a couple of months, the FBI decided to hire Frank Abagnale Jr. in the check forging and bank fraud department under Carl's supervision. Today Frank Abagnale Jr. has a wife and kids, and still works with the FBI where he has made thousands of dollars helping the FBI catch crooks. This movie is one of my favorite Spielberg films. It's one of his only films that is light hearted and charming. This film is'nt bogged down, and keeps the audiances attention all the way through. I love the Christmas Eve phone calls(which by the way never happened), and the witty dialogue. "Catch Me If You Can" is a fast paced, fun, witty, and charming Holiday Film.