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Revisiting Steven Spielberg's Undersung Masterpiece, 'Catch Me If You Can'

Revisiting Steven Spielberg's Undersung Masterpiece, 'Catch Me If You Can'

In some ways, it is overlooked precisely because it was directed by a master like Spielberg: 'Catch Me If You Can' would be anyone else's undisputed greatest work.

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Aug 05, 2021
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By Ciara Moloney

Catch Me If You Can is a well-loved but still underappreciated film: the kind of movie that, were it made by almost anyone else, would be rightfully thought of as their masterpiece. But it was made by Steven Spielberg, who has made so many masterpieces that Catch Me If You Can gets lost in the shuffle. But at almost t…

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