Catch Me If You Can (2002) Critic Reviews

Part of Spielberg's skill as a filmmaker comes in choosing the right collaborators. Janusz Kaminski's gorgeous cinematography, Michael Kahn's graceful editing, Jeff Nathanson's clever script, and John Williams' score all work well in unison, but the film's masterstroke is the casting of Walken as DiCaprio's utterly decent father.Read the full review

It's brilliantly acted. But best of all, it's brilliantly made.Read the full review

Supremely entertaining.Read the full review

Nothing if not a celebration of our willingness to be gulled by life's charming strangers.Read the full review

Like a trot around the track for the thoroughbreds involved, and one of the results is that it takes them far too long to get to the finish line.Read the full review

Feels more like The Bill Clinton Story than "Primary Colors" (1998). It's a paean to naughty boys who dream of potency and become enraptured by their own scams -- a great American archetype.Read the full review

This is not a major Spielberg film, although it is an effortlessly watchable one.Read the full review

What lingers in the memory is the impression of having experienced a frolic, a ride through the park on a bright winter day.Read the full review

The film's charm ends up worn out by the very perfection of Frank's con. We look at this teen wizard of rotating identity, and we realize we know everything about him except who he is.Read the full review