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(1 - 48) of 48 OFCS Rating: 98% Fresh Page   1   "¡Spielberg está en la cima y nos atrapa!"   Cinenganos   Alex Ramirez "Truth is stranger than fiction, so the old saying goes. In 'Catch Me If You Can,' it's also more entertaining."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Betty Jo Tucker 8/10 "Catch Me If You Can is premium Spielberg working on cylinders that haven’t been fired in years. It’s worth a look just for that alone."   Modamag.com   Brian Orndorf B "The most memorable element of this not-that-memorable film, however, is not Hanks or Walken, or any of the other irreproachable component parts. It is the roguish lead actor, Leonardo DiCaprio."   AboutFilm.com   Carlo Cavagna "Catch Me If You Can is rife with mythic and metaphorical dad anxieties."   Nitrate Online   Cynthia Fuchs A- "Steven Spielberg’s new film is lighthearted and enjoyable, with just enough undercurrents of human frailty to keep the story interesting."   EDGE Boston   David Foucher 3/4 "...the film would've been vastly improved had it been trimmed down to 90 minutes."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair "While it has definite weaknesses -- like a rather unbelievable love interest and a meandering ending -- this '60s caper film is a riveting, brisk delight."   Portland Tribune   Dawn Taylor C+ "It can't overcome how empty it all is."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 3/4 "A terrifically engaging film with a plot that would be utterly ludicrous if not based on fact."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman "Es casi una reconciliación con el mejor Spielberg..."   Uruguay Total   Enrique Buchichio B+ "DiCaprio more than adequately conveys the kid-in-a-candy-store mentality of a teenager who has stumbled onto a great scheme."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider A- "Frank Abagnale is soooooo cool."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov 3.5/4 "In director Spielberg's charming and effervescently nostalgic adventure Catch Me If You Can, the nifty chase is definitely on."   Movie Eye   Frank Ochieng B "A glib but bouncy bit of sixties-style slickness in which the hero might wind up caught but the audience gets pure escapism."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek "A truly astonishing movie depicting the surprising and miraculous process whereby a youthful master of deception and a dogged FBI agent are transformed from enemies into friends."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat B+ "A frothy, quicksilver entertainment desperate to be liked."   Mixed Reviews   Gabriel Shanks 3/4 "Never takes itself or its subjects too seriously, and contains more genuinely funny material than about 90% of the so-called 'comedies' found in multiplexes these days."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 3.5/4 "an entertaining ode to the power of persuasion, something a master filmmaker like Spielberg knows a thing or two about"   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 5/5 "Spielberg's candy-colored tale of cons in the swingin' past is a blast of fun with a surprising amount of heart."   Netflix   James Rocchi 9/10 "[Spielberg] manages to subtly mark his own evolution within this grandly entertaining movie."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen 5/5 "Steven Spielberg has always has a fascination with the Peter Pan boy who never grew up; he drops this one into the splashy clothes, cars, and high style of the early 1960s."   ToxicUniverse.com   Jeremiah Kipp 8/10 "Fun, lively and meticulously crafted from start to finish."   Screen It!   Jim Judy 7/10 "A fun, fluffy, harmless, good-time movie ideal for the X-Mas holidays..."   JoBlo's Movie Emporium   JoBlo 8/10 "I don't care if the film received a Ron Howard-esque saccharine shellacking, simply because it isn't a by-the-numbers bore."   Planet Sick-Boy   Jon Popick 3.5/4 "'De manufactura impecable, nostálgica y muy entrañable, es sin duda uno de los mejores filmes en la carrera de Spielberg.'"   Moviola   Jorge Avila Andrade 5/5 "Spielberg slips in social commentary between Abagnale's prodigious feats of lawlessness & capitalizes on the glee of watching someone beat the system."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery 3/4 "By the end of the film, you'll understand why Tom Hanks needed to play the cop and the steps toward acting maturity Leonardo DiCaprio has already managed to take."   MovieCrypt.com   Kevin A. Ranson 4/4 "A truly crowd-pleasing picture, with more great scenes than in most TWO movies."   Montreal Film Journal   Kevin N. Laforest B+ "a comic cat and mouse story that would be hard to believe if it weren't true"   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 4/4 "Spielberg doesn’t automatically make great movies because he’s a great director; he’s a great director because he has the ability to make great movies. Catch Me If You Can is one of them."   Mark Reviews Movies   Mark Dujsik 7/10 "Spielberg directs a lower profile film than his usual fare, but one that is a pleasure to take in and be taken in."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Mark R. Leeper "[Spielberg] achieves a retro hipness, an early-60s, skinny-ties-and-martinis, Pink Panther kind of cool."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 3.5/5 "Leo was born to play this part. There's something about him that makes me want to smack him when he smiles his big, ingratiating smile."   Goatdog's Movies   Michael W. Phillips, Jr. 3.5/4 "This is a movie with just about everything going for it: great acting, solid direction, and a story you won't soon forget."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan A- "Every single element of this movie works brilliantly together and the result is as irresistible as its con man hero."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow 4/5 "Graças às interações entre seus personagens, o filme torna-se não apenas uma história divertida sobre uma curiosa perseguição, mas também um belo estudo de personagens."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca 4.5/5 "With its extended epilogue, the film feels about a half-hour too long, but the story is so good and there are so many fabulous set pieces that you can't imagine leaving anything out."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline 5/5 "The movie is a good time. It not only produces happiness, it is happy."   eFilmCritic.com   Rob Gonsalves A "One of the best films of the year, it is all about lonlieness, desperation, determination and dedication."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten B+ "...a light and breezy flick that showcases [Spielberg's] stars."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 3.5/5 "With its inventive story, eclectic cast, and authentic period feel, Catch Me should fly by but doesn't."   Filmcritic.com   Sean O'Connell 3.5/4 "a future classic"   sbs.is   Stefan Birgir Stefansson B "Breezy and entertaining… essentially a celebration of the career of a con artist, [but] it celebrates his cleverness and panache rather than his dishonesty, and ends on a satisfyingly redemptive note."   Decent Films Guide   Steven D. Greydanus 10/10 "This rebellious rogue's skewed survival game is a cinematic winner. The astonishing cat-and-mouse chase offers sheer escapist entertainment, emerging as one of by 10 BEST Movies of 2002."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Susan Granger 4/4 "Fascinatingly, Catch Me If You Can resembles Hitchcock's self-mocking self-awareness - a canny satire of American culture and cinema, and, shockingly, a slyly autobiographical auto-critique."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw 4/4 "One of Spielberg's finest pieces of storytelling. Helps make up for A.I."   Oscar Guy   Wesley Lovell "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf  (1 - 48) of 48 OFCS Rating: 98% Fresh Page   1