Catch Me If You Can (2002)

Without a question, Catch Me If You Can is a Leo DiCaprio film. But without Hanks' dedicated, empathic FBI agent hunting him, DiCaprio's Frank Abagnale, a charismatic, lonely savant, would have been stranded on an island. The two are the film's heavyweights, supporting one other with performances that are both nuanced and complicated. Abagnale is an adolescent con artist in Catch Me If You Can who feeds his independence by faking cheques and credentials. Although he is legally a criminal, his crimes are victimless, or so the film presents them.

Hanks portrays Carl Hanratty (perhaps his finest character name), an FBI fraud detective who pursues Abagnale throughout the world while gaining a grudging respect and empathy for him. Because of its moral framework, Catch Me if You Can is akin to a nuclear launch. Two keys must be inserted and turned by two different individuals. Spielberg used Hanratty as an audience surrogate, instructing viewers to look at Abagnale via Hanratty's eyes in order to see him in the way he desires. Catch Me if You Can may be most regarded as a Leonardo DiCaprio classic, but it wouldn't have succeeded without Tom Hanks.

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Directed by: Steven Spielberg

Release date: December 18, 2002

Link to watch: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0264464