As usual, Amy Adams steals the show. But seriously, this movie was pretty okay...it had a lot of strong moments and the benefit of having a really interesting subject. Actually, I really want to read the book by Frank Abagnale himself now because it's such a fascinating story. However, the movie does drag and it's your conventional biopic. Out of sequence stuff! Troubled childhood! Etcetera. Even if it is based on a true story, you've got to be a little bit more original than that. Christopher Walken and Leo were both quite great but Tom Hanks was really underwhelming and his parts were the worst. It is bolstered by a pretty cool score by John Williams that is a nice departure from his usual stuff. Really, this should have been a documentary.6/10
Meh.
ReplyDeleteSimon, is that a meh to my review or a meh to the movie? haha or both? :P
ReplyDeleteI actually really like the movie, but I do think it would have been sosososo interesting as a documentary now that you mention it. Separate the fact from the Hollywood.
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