"Catch Me If You Can" by Steven Spielberg: a review

Catch Me If You Can is a movie about a very creative person who works in all kinds of professions using his wit. A Leonardo-De-Caprio, played as Frank Abagnale Jr, movie where he uses his imaginative mind to generate different ways to earn many by switching from one profession to another. Though he doesn't have any degree but he has the art to con people and to trick them into lending him a job one or the other way.

It is based on a true story where he is actually a student and acts to be a teacher. He runs away from his house as his parents get divorced and he wants to live with neither. He gives out fake play to people to get money for living but none works.

His first job is of a pilot. How he does this is amazing. He poses as an interviewer with single health insurance and asks questions from the staff about how the id cards are and uniform and other stuff. He uses payroll checks as payment modes, faking the check in all possible ways. He goes on to be a doctor by showing fake certificates and layer. His total check frauds come out to be of worth over $2.5 million.

He keeps a suspicious eye on Leonardo all along the movie. On one fine Christmas eve the agent is finally able to catch Leonardo alone in a warehouse. Leonardo is not convinced that agent has brought police with him. The agent on the other hand asks Leonardo to give up as he is surrounded by police and he will be shot if he tried to run. Leonardo ultimately given in to the agent's buy and he is arrested. After a few days in captivity the agent releases Leonardo and asks him to use his talent with the FBI. Leaonardo accepts it and how he helps FBI is an awesome ending to the movie. He helps the FBI by investigating a fraud check, something similar to the one he used to create. He does his job very well.

Once again, Steven Spielberg has brought his audience a heart-racing and enjoyable film of cat and mouse chase, Catch Me if You Can. The movie is based on the true story of a famous con man turned FBI agent Frank W. Abagnale Jr. who had made millions through fake checks and travelled 26 countries to escape the police and commit fraud even more.

Leonardo DiCaprio suited well the character of Frank Abagnale Jr. His mesmerizing boyish looks and captivating charisma can make the audiences believed that indeed Mr. Abagnale Jr. is a person that is hard to resist. Tom Hanks’ character of Carl Hannratty is only a fictitious character created to add spice to the story and he was able to portray excellently an obsessed FBI agent in catching a smart criminal. Hanks was able to equally showcased a strong performance of an obsession to detain Abagnale Jr. and at the same time a seemingly fatherly-concern to a young boy lost. The tandem of these two great actors makes a wild cat and mouse chase for Catch Me If You Can.

Supporting roles by Christopher Walken (Frank Abagnale Sr.), Martin Sheen (playing Brenda’s dad Roger), Amy Adams (Brenda), and Jennifer Garner (prostitute scammed by Frank) made the film even more spicy and enthralling to the viewers. Despite the many suspense movies about con artists and identity theft stories, Steven Spielberg has made Catch Me If You Can a unique and enjoyable film for all.