As a whole, I would recommend this film as conduct of a thriller comedy, action adventure, drama, or gangster crime but there are also many scenes that consist of lusts of love. All in all, Leonardo Dicaprio is not in this on his own but is in contest with Tom Hanks who plays Carl Hanratty as an FBI agent, whose mission is to capture Frank and bring him to justice however Frank is always one step ahead of Carl and encourages him to continue the chase, and Christopher Walken who plays Frank Abagnale Senior.
Review
”Catch Me If You Can” is a brilliantly directed film by Steven Spielberg. Together with sound effects and flashbacks, Steven has created this film with a vividly huge amount of effort. Flashbacks are used as the film commences and throughout the film also. At the start, during the game show we see Frank Jr. when trying to escape from prison and this leads us to the story of he became a striking conman.
We also see deliberate contrasts between different personalities of characters. Viewers can often find this amusing and we can also see the real gist of the movie. For example, between Frank and Carl, who has the women? Who has the money? Well, obviously its got to be Frank with his tremendous amount of “conning”. Whereas, on the other hand, Carl who is sitting in launderettes with pink shirts! Very comical!
Along with sound effects this movie can be seen as a jolly yet dramatic atmospheric film. At the start of the film we can hear a combination of sound effects. At times the music can be jolly and at others it is dramatic, this type of music can gives us a taster of what the film is about. Sound effects are also used when special effects are used to show when tension occurs.
The age this film is targeted at is 12, (young people) and the classification also shows this. Many of the stunts and special effects are used to attract young viewers attention and to get them interested in the movie.
Leonardo Dicaprio who plays Frank Abagnale Jr starts his own adventures after his mum and dad divorce. His journey includes conning his way through conning his way into medical school, posing as a pilot, forging a law degree, and getting mixed up with high society life and even courting one rich family's daughter.
