A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him behind bars. But Frank not only eludes capture, he revels in the pursuit.
Nominated for 2 Oscars. 16 wins & 46 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
A gently funny, sweetly adventurous film that makes you feel genuinely good, that is to say, entirely unconned by false sentiment or sharp, overmanipulative Hollywood practices.
– Richard Schickel,
TIME Magazine,
13 Jan 2003
fresh:
A delicious cat-and-mouse game flecked with intriguing Oedipal undertones.
– David Ansen,
Newsweek,
14 Jan 2003
fresh:
Breezily enjoyable but thin.
– Peter Rainer,
New York Magazine/Vulture,
16 Jan 2003
fresh:
DiCaprio has the breeze and aplomb to keep it all bouncing along.
– Stanley Kauffmann,
The New Republic,
16 Jan 2003
fresh:
This is the director's most likeable film in ages, even if it's insubstantial, overlong and, frankly, a touch redundant.