caught my attention

Rating: Null/10 (2 January 2003)

Catch me if you can definitely caught my attention! The movie unravels quite nicely and definitely has a lot to offer. Leonardo Dicaprio delivers an Oscar worthy performance as Frank Abagnale Jr. The story takes place in the 60's where people were very trusting. Spoilers! Frank Abagnale Jr.'s, world is torn apart because of issues with the IRS. Frank's family car and house are repossessed and he is sent to public school. On his first day he pulls a fast one on the class, pretending to be the teacher and actually gets away with it! However the families finances deteriorate to an unrecoverable state forcing his mother and father to divorce. Loving his mother yet dwelling on every word his father ever spoke Frank chooses to fake it until he makes it, on his own. Frank commences his crime career by attempting to cash fake checks; to no avail. He then resorts to a more fruitful method of changing the check number so it's directed to a branch in another state. By the time the bank realizes the check is counterfeit Abagnale has absconded with the cash. The fed.'s get hold of the fraud and Carl Hanratty played by Tom Hanks is hot on Frank's trail. Bored with fraud, Frank decides to pretend he's a pilot. He also takes on the alias of a Doctor, Lawyer, CIA agent and Teacher. I truly enjoyed all aspects of the movie. The acting, the humor, the conning and the costumes but was left wondering in retrospect, how fraud actually paid off in the end?