Catch Me If You Can: Critic Reviews

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MovieWeb: 6 reviews

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RottenTomatoes: 192 reviews

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Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly (Top Critic)

67

DiCaprio, though 27 when the film was shot, has just the right touch of baby-cheeked deadpan innocence to make you believe in the schemes of this eager boy grifter.
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Stephen Holden New York Times (Top Critic)

90

The most charming of Mr. Spielberg's mature films, because is it so relaxed.
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Mike Clark USA Today (Top Critic)

63

Offers mild fun but never as much as its animated '60s-retro opening credits portend.
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Desson Thomson Washington Post (Top Critic)

A pleasant, mildly diverting story.
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Stephen Hunter Washington Post (Top Critic)

One of the most enjoyable films of the year.
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Ty Burr Boston Globe (Top Critic)

88

Spielberg's breeziest work in years.
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J. Hoberman Village Voice (Top Critic)

Sporting a stingy-brimmed hat and erratic Boston accent, Hanks gives a ludicrous performance.
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Eric Harrison Houston Chronicle (Top Critic)

92

This is one of the most consistent and perfectly balanced films of Spielberg's career.
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Philip Wuntch Dallas Morning News (Top Critic)

84

Mr. Spielberg and his company just want you to enjoy yourselves without feeling conned. And they succeed merrily at their noble endeavor.
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Steven Rosen Denver Post (Top Critic)

100

This breezy caper movie becomes a soulful, incisive meditation on the way we were, and the way we are.
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Peter Rainer New York Magazine (Top Critic)

Breezily enjoyable but thin.
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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)

75

The story is a good story, directly told, and such meaning as it has comes from the irony that the only person who completely appreciates Abagnale's accomplishments is the man trying to arrest him.
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Michael Wilmington Chicago Tribune (Top Critic)

75

It's a technically superb film, shining with all the usual Spielberg flair, expertly utilizing the talents of his top-notch creative team.
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Ben Schwartz Chicago Reader (Top Critic)

75

Catch Me if You Can is one of those deceptively slight offerings that manages to reveal more about its maker than the intended masterpieces often do.
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Steven Rea Philadelphia Inquirer (Top Critic)

75

Fleet-footed and fun, if a mite too long.
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Susan Stark Detroit News (Top Critic)

75

Affirms the gifts of all involved, starting with Spielberg and going right through the ranks of the players -- on-camera and off -- that he brings together.
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Bill Muller Arizona Republic (Top Critic)

80

It's more amusing than hilarious, more cute than inspired, but there's just too much talent on and off the screen for it to fail.
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Rex Reed New York Observer (Top Critic)

A meticulously directed, deliciously acted, humorously written work of skill, energy and imagination.
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Andrew Sarris New York Observer (Top Critic)

That rarity of rarities, a mainstream American feel-good movie with both charm and intelligence.
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Todd McCarthy Variety (Top Critic)

DiCaprio's winning performance goes a long way toward encouraging the viewer the forgive the film its indulgences and missteps.
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Lou Lumenick New York Post (Top Critic)

75

You won't find a movie that's more fun this season -- but at 2-1/2 hours, it's probably too much of a good thing.
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Jay Boyar Orlando Sentinel (Top Critic)

80

Spielberg knows that he has a great yarn here, and he's not about to let anything -- not even his own virtuoso style, which can elsewhere be effectively glitzy -- get in the way.
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Geoff Pevere Toronto Star (Top Critic)

60

[Spielberg's] frothiest and most fun movie in years.
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Rick Groen Globe and Mail (Top Critic)

75

A nice, light treat.
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Charles Taylor Salon.com (Top Critic)

Though Catch Me If You Can isn't badly made, the fun slowly leaks out of the movie.
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