Catch Me If You Can

I'm not sure what attracted all these stars to this project, but they've really made a special movie out of a thin script. It's pure entertainment, relying on DiCaprio's charms to carry the bulk of the picture, and he sells it all the way. Hanks is good as the foil, and their cat-and-mouse chase is engaging fun. The supporting cast is peppered with familiar faces, and Kaminski's photography lends the movie an old-time feel that adds to the movie's charm. It's not essential, but it's damn good.

I feel like if any other director made this film, we'd trip over ourselves to gush about it, but because it's Spielbreg, it's taken for granted (and just as often not given enough credit to begin with) how ably he moves between humor and pathos, how organically he plays on themes of fathers-and-sons and the fear of growing up, how airtight and sensationally entertaining the entire film is from minute one. What a masterpiece.

Knock Knock. Who's there? Go fuck yourself.

Slick film, highly underrated. DiCaprio normally annoys me, but here he is quite good. Tom Hanks is fantastic, as always. I disagree with the notion that Spielberg is in a slump. He does a wonderful job with theis film. The art direction is fantastic in this movie as well.

Some entertaining bits here and there but nothing stands out as all that interesting or memorable. Spielberg can do much, much better.