Catch me if you can is based on the true story of a boy named Frank who became a master of checking fraud at a very early age. Frank, played by Leonardo DiCaprio is being pursued by Carl, an FBI officer played by Tom Hanks. The story of this chase contains one huge theme of truth in it. Frank is a con man and the way he makes his millions of dollars is simply by being an extremely good liar. He is able to pass himself off as a pilot, lawyer, and even a doctor. Frank and Carl have an interesting relationship where Frank will evade Carl and then Carl will catch up to Frank only to have him barely slip away each time. They have a tradition of always talking to each other on Christmas and with all of the conversations they have had they get to know each other a little. By analyzing Carl Frank makes an assumption that Carl also uses lying as a thing to help attain what he wants as well which in this case is to catch Frank, but as the movie goes on Carl is not what he seems and Frank gives in to the truth.
There is a very important scene toward the end of the movie which is one of the last standoffs between Frank and Carl. Carl walks into Frank's hideout unarmed and tells him that there are 20 French police cars outside and that he has been caught. Frank immediately reacts to this and tells Carl that he is full of shit. He has used so many lies in the past couple of years and has come to believe that they are used by everyone and that he can not trust anybody. These two have gotten to know each other over the last couple of years and it seems that they do care for one another. Carl says that Frank will die if he walks out of the warehouse and finally Frank believes him after making him swear on his daughter. The scene ends with the two of them walking out of there peacefully. After this scene we can see that Frank symbolizes lies and Carl is the truth. The movie sends a message to us that one can not lead a life of lies and eventually our lies will catch up to us.
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