An enormously entertaining (if somewhat shallow) affair from blockbuster director Steven Spielberg. Leonardo DiCaprio stars as Frank Abagnale; Jr.; a dazzling young con man who spent four years impersonating an airline pilot; a doctor; and a lawyer--all before he turned 21. All the while he's pursued by a dedicated FBI agent named Carl Hanratty (Tom Hanks); whose dogged determination stays one step behind Abagnale's spontaneous wits. Both DiCaprio and Hanks turn in enjoyable performances and the movie has a bouncy rhythm that keeps it zipping along. However; it never gets under the surface of Frank's drive to lose himself in other identities; other than a simplistic desire to please his father (Christopher Walken; excellent as always); nor does it explore the complex mechanics of fraud with any depth. By the movie's end; it feels like one of Frank's pilot uniforms--appearance without substance. --Bret Fetzer