Saturday, September 29, 2007
An almost-come back movie for spielberg - Catch Me If You Can Reviews
I must say "Catch Me If You Can" isn't really the sci-fi, drama, or war type movies that Spielberg is famous for, but it certainly is a comeback for the blockbusting disaster "A.I." I understand that Spielbery used his great imagination at illustrating humanity and triumphant human spirit in that movie, but mixing it with Stanley Kubrick's fame for making eerie and dark films, it was a like the bad taste of a beef and chicken soup.
But "Catch Me If You Can" is cheery and colorful. You don't get bored with this movie because of its quick pace. But there are somethings in the plot that seemed far-fetched and unexplained like him being a credited medical doctor for a year - Won't people ask him at least once to make a full diagnosis on some patient's condition and find out he is a fake? If I didn't see the Bonus Materials I wouldn't have known that Frank Abagnale Jr. faked a certificate that says he is a Harvard graduate but a kind of Doctor-in-Training who can't yet diagnose yet. Stuff like that you got to sort of explain in the movie or it will leave audience hanging with a question mark.
Anyways, I appreciate the enormous work that crew has to put through in order to recreate the 60s - all the sets and customes. And the story seems original, as well as celebrate the stroy of a young, brilliant, misguided paper-hanging criminal. Overall, B+. Memorable but not great.
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