Genre: Drama/History/Biography/Crime
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Nathalie Bay, Amy Adams
USA, 1963, the concept of a cheque payment was relatively new and it attracted a lot of fraudulent cheque depositing practices. Frank Abegnale Jr. (DiCaprio) ran away from home at an early age and slowly learnt the way of crime. Frank started making fraudulent cheques and en cashed them and hence made millions of dollars. He successfully worked as a Pan Am co-pilot, a doctor and a lawyer for many years altogether. FBI agent Carl Hanratty (Hanks) started tracking Frank and his moves in spite of a lot of resentment from his superiors. Carl follows Frank's every step but Frank manages to elude him each time. The movie doesn't have anything else to talk about apart from a simple cop and criminal wild goose chase across the country. The story is indeed interesting and performances by Leonardo and Tom Hanks are fabulous as always. The movie is a little too stretched and becomes slightly monotonous after a while. More thrills and suspense would have made the movie a lot more interesting, not that it isn't already.
Thumbs up: Tom Hanks and Leonardo, story
Thumbs down: A little stretched
Rating: 7.0/10
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Nathalie Bay, Amy Adams
USA, 1963, the concept of a cheque payment was relatively new and it attracted a lot of fraudulent cheque depositing practices. Frank Abegnale Jr. (DiCaprio) ran away from home at an early age and slowly learnt the way of crime. Frank started making fraudulent cheques and en cashed them and hence made millions of dollars. He successfully worked as a Pan Am co-pilot, a doctor and a lawyer for many years altogether. FBI agent Carl Hanratty (Hanks) started tracking Frank and his moves in spite of a lot of resentment from his superiors. Carl follows Frank's every step but Frank manages to elude him each time. The movie doesn't have anything else to talk about apart from a simple cop and criminal wild goose chase across the country. The story is indeed interesting and performances by Leonardo and Tom Hanks are fabulous as always. The movie is a little too stretched and becomes slightly monotonous after a while. More thrills and suspense would have made the movie a lot more interesting, not that it isn't already.
Thumbs up: Tom Hanks and Leonardo, story
Thumbs down: A little stretched
Rating: 7.0/10
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