Catch Me If You Can (2002)

This was a actually good film about a great con-man. Or con-teenager. Frank, Jr (Leonardo DiCaprio, very natural in this role) is devastated when his larger-than-life father, Frank, Sr (Christopher Walken) gets into trouble with the IRS for tax fraud and his parent's divorce. Not liking his new school, he runs away. But he also wants a lavish lifestyle so he starts to impersonate an airline pilot and then sick of moving around, he fakes his way into a hospital by becoming a doctor, only he's still only eighteen and gets sick at the sight of blood and then, to impress a girl's father, he becomes a lawyer and learns quite a bit from just watching TV.
By the time, he's proposed to young, innocent Brenda Strong, not the actress (Amy Adams), the FBI is well on his tale, and in fact, he's already alluded them several times. But Carl Hanratty (Tom Hanks) is determined to catch him and make him pay. After all, by this time, he's written over four million dollars in fraudulent checks.
But he's caught, on Christmas Eve as he always calls Carl on Christmas Eve. It's France and its snowing, but Frank is caught but then, on the plane ride home, he is told that his father has passed away and devastated, he locks himself in the bathroom and escapes out of the toilet, which has got to be disgusting.
Unfortunately, he finds that his mother has indeed remarried and has a new, young daughter so Frank surrenders and is sentenced to twelve years in prison. However, over the years, he has become such an expert on forgery that Carl turns out to recruit him to work for them. Sure, it's a desk job, but it must be challenging, though Frank quickly tires of the whole thing. He leaves, but does return, to Carl's sheer relief. Now, Frank is an expert in forgeries and is paid a lot of money to help out, instead being a deterrent.
Overall, the film is solid and fascinating, with plenty of material for several films, though the screenplay weaves everything together pretty well, except for the odd introduction of Frank making an appearance on the show To Tell the Truth, which is when he launches into his story and never looks back. That's just weird. The performances make you forget that flaw, DiCaprio is brilliant, an effortless performance and Hanks is also solid, you can't tell when he's telling the truth and when he is trying to trap Frank. Pay attention for some cameos from Elizabeth Banks, Ellen Pompeo and Jennifer Garner. Grade: A-