Catch Me If You Can Movie Review - Starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks

By David Terr

"Catch Me If You Can" is the very funny and amazing true story of Frank Abignale, Jr., a young man who cleverly cheats banks out of some four million dollars by age 19 by forging checks and posing as an airline pilot, a doctor, and a lawyer. Leonardo DiCaprio does a great acting job as Frank, as does Tom Hanks as Carl Henratty, an FBI agent and bank fraud specialist who catches onto Frank's crimes and goes after him.

Frank Abignale, Sr. gets in trouble with the IRS in 1963 for income tax evasion. His wife divorces him and Frank Jr., their 16-year-old son, runs away from home. Frank Jr. then turns to a life of crime involving writing forged checks and disguising his identity by acting as an airline pilot, then a doctor and a lawyer. Frank uses what he's watched on TV and in the movies to act out the parts.

After several fleeting sexual encounters, Frank meets and falls in love with a young woman named Brenda. He even proposes to her before telling her the truth.

Carl Henratty (Hanks) catches on to Frank and begins pursuing him. Several times, Frank manages to get away from him, however. Eventually Carl catches him in France and turns him over to the authorities. Frank spends three years in prison in France and is then transferred to the United States aboard an airplane. Frank manages to escape from the bathroom of the plane, however, just before the plane lands.

Eventually Carl catches Frank again, but this time, instead of sending him back to jail, he decides to have him work with him as a bank fraud investigator. Frank and Carl end up becoming good friends and various companies pay Frank millions of dollars for his services.

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