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A review by a_chickletz
Catch Me If You Can by Frank W. Abagnale, Stan Redding
3.0
I enjoyed this film. Naturally, I saw the movie first so I went into this book thinking that I would be familiar with the life of Frank W. Abagnale. Wrong. By chapter one, the movie was already a lie and I was in for a treat.
While it was a pretty solid memoir, and it completely blew me away on how creative and intelligent he was between the ages of 17 - 20, I felt that it was missing bits and pieces. Or maybe what was there was there.
The one thing that puzzled me is how the book ended the way it did.
It's a good con-story memoir and I don't regret reading it. However, I'm a little soured on how much I enjoyed a not very truthful adaptation of his life.
While it was a pretty solid memoir, and it completely blew me away on how creative and intelligent he was between the ages of 17 - 20, I felt that it was missing bits and pieces. Or maybe what was there was there.
The one thing that puzzled me is how the book ended the way it did.
Spoiler
In the movie, we learn that he escapes, gets caught, escapes....finally gets caught and works with the FBI on catching people like him. This just has him escaping jail and then as he is walking out, the cops are surrounding him and he just walks right past him pretending he is one of the higher ups in the FBI. What? There has gotta be more to that!It's a good con-story memoir and I don't regret reading it. However, I'm a little soured on how much I enjoyed a not very truthful adaptation of his life.