Catch Me If You Can is a fun movie, made more impressive by the truth behind it. The movie is based on the true story of Frank Abagnale Junior, who defrauded American banks to the tune of $2.5 million dollars 30 years ago.
Although Abagnale himself tells us that the movie, and the book it was based on are dramatisations, they still contain much that is true. I don’t want to spoil it for people who haven’t seen the movie, but when you have seen it, it’s worth reading some of the true accounts given by Abagnale to see how closely some of the real events compare to those in the movie.
Tom Hanks is excellent as the slightly sad FBI agent, and DiCaprio makes a convincing Abagnale. I didn’t like Christopher Walken’s performance much though, something just didn’t sit right with his character. Apparently the real Abagnale’s dad wasn’t really like that, so maybe that had something to do with it.