Catch Me If You Can is one of Steven Spielberg's lighter efforts from the early part of the decade. It's his first collaboration with Titanic megastar Leonardo DiCaprio (solid as usual) and a second partnership with Tom Hanks (having fun with a workahloic character piece). Its fast, fun , frothy and quite unlike anything else Spielberg had done at this point (although why he did The Terminal frustrates me, even now).
Spielberg's doing a bit of a Tarantinio with his casting here. On one hand he's given established actors a second shot; Martin Sheen and a career best performance from an amazing Christopher Walken. He's also cast a lot of up an coming youngsters; Amy Adams (Doubt), Jennifer Ganer (Alias), Sarah Lancaster (Chuck), Ellen Pompeo (Greys Anatomy), Amy Acker (Angel) and Elizabeth Banks (Zack & Miri).
A minor work from the master, but still accomplished and entertaining.
