Those three heavy-hitters are plenty, but the movie is full of plenty more stars, including Amy Adams, Martin Sheen, Jennifer Garner, Elizabeth Banks, Nathalie Baye, Ellen Pompeo, and James Brolin. Christopher Walken portrays the tragic figure of Frank Abagnale Sr., a role model for his son throughout his childhood. The only thing he knows how to do is run far away from his pain - so he spends the entire film putting distance between himself and his problems.Īlong with DiCaprio's brilliant performance is Tom Hanks as FBI Agent Carl Hanratty, trying obsessively to hunt the con artist down. We learn that at his core, DiCaprio's character is a scared kid, haunted by his parent's broken marriage. We get all the fun of Frank's wild adventure before being stopped in our tracks to confront the pain he's desperate to escape. In typical Spielberg fashion, the movie hides tragedy beneath its facade. One of Spielberg's smoothest films, "Catch Me If You Can" is stylish, clever, and fun, breezing right by until it crashes into dark, emotional territory.
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