Catch Me If You Can

January 4, 2003

Yeah, this one was pretty good. There’s nothing too challenging here, but it’s all well done and entertaining in that light no-brain activity afternoon sort of way. I particularly liked the opening credits sequence, which evoked a lot of the Hitchcock/Saul Bass openings, mixed in with something like The Saint.

In general, I’m happy Spielberg is willing to throw us something like this every now and then, because his serious stuff is really starting to bore me. Like almost everyone of his recent films, Catch Me If You Can also has an oddly attached epilogue. Unlike A.I. or Minority Report, this one is fairly justifiable. Plus, it’s a true story!

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