Catch Me If You Can

Steven Spielberg directed and produced Catch Me If You Can, a 2002 American biographical crime film. The film is based on Frank Abagnale's memoirs, in which he claimed to have pulled off multimillion-dollar con jobs while posing as a Pan American World Airways pilot, a Georgia doctor, and a Louisiana parish prosecutor before turning 19. His story's validity is still questionable.

Catch Me If You Can rank ninth in box office receipts in 2002. It was released on December 25, 2002, and grossed slightly more than $30 million in 3,225 theaters in its first weekend, placing it second behind The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. Catch Me If You Can has a 96 percent "certified fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 203 reviews with an average rating of 7.90/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "With help from a strong performance by Leonardo DiCaprio as real-life wunderkind con artist Frank Abagnale, Steven Spielberg crafts a film that's stylish, breezily entertaining, and surprisingly sweet."

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Directed by: Steven Spielberg

Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen

Release dates: December 18, 2002 (Westwood)/December 25, 2002 (United States)
Running time: 141 minutes