I think I was seriously misled by the title "Cat and Mouse Game", which led me to see this film only now, or the original title " Catch Me If You Can " is more in line with the temperament of this film.
Frank with an amazing IQ is a handsome and good boy with a very happy family. However, due to the failure of his father's business, his mother cheated on his father's friends, and finally his parents divorced. He couldn't face this matter, couldn't choose a guardian, so he wandered the rivers and lakes alone.
Forced to make a living, with a high IQ, he began to use his excess brain power to find some quick ways to make money.
He succeeded. Paper drunk and gold fans, beautiful car beauty, romantic overnight.
Although he obtained a large amount of wealth by forging cheques, what he pursued in his heart was never wealth. He could never feel at ease, and always hoped that he could reunite his parents with his own strength. He wrote to his father again and again, gave him gifts, and created opportunities to invite his parents to meet together.
The consummation of the family has a great attraction to him. When I saw that he was engaged to Brenda, I was very surprised at first. Brenda had a normal appearance, a normal temperament, and she didn't look too smart. The two people didn't match at all.
But then I understood. After all, he lied that 28-year-old Frank was only 17 years old. This is how 17-year-olds understand marriage and love. Brenda is the most down-to-earth girl he has met since he came out to the arena, and Brenda's family atmosphere is very good, and his parents love each other very much. Frank has been obsessed with the picture of the neat and tidy family having a good time, and Brenda can give him.
Frank's pursuit of family love runs through the whole film, and the picture of his parents dancing in the living room always haunts him.
In the process of chasing Frank, Carl gradually understands Frank's paranoia about the perfect family relationship, so Carl, who also has deep pain, always has sympathy for him.
During the process of Frank being extradited by Carl, he tried to escape again. Carl's response was to smile and shake his head: Oh, I knew this Frank... It's like a father's punishment for his sly son, but also a kind of pride.
Carl, who is also divorced, has an unfinished fatherly love, and Tom Hanks' generous, down-to-earth persona fits the role perfectly. In the process of chasing Frank, Carl is like a persevering and seductive old father. Although he has been tricked many times, he has been defeated and fought again and again. Hey, I just won't give up on you!
Even the regular provocative phone call every Christmas becomes an offbeat greeting between two lonely people.
Although the two of them are naturally antagonistic in terms of roles, in fact, they have become more and more familiar with each other after a long period of time. It is very easy to have a real understanding between real opponents. Hostility and love are more like two sides of the same coin.
Just like Wang Anshi and Su Shi, in the battle between the new party and the old party, the two were incompatible, but because of the "Wutai Poetry Case" when it was almost wiped out, Wang Anshi said, "If there is a holy world, kill the talented people." Saved Su Shi's life. After both of them were demoted, they were finally able to put aside their partisan disputes, cook wine and poetry by the river, and talk about Zen and Buddhism. Wang Anshi even sighed: "I don't know how many hundreds of years ago, there are such people!
So the final outcome is not unexpected. Some commented that Frank, the FBI's favorite talent, was recruited. I don't think so, Frank was for Carl, and Carl made him feel like he belonged, and he got another kind of real understanding in Carl that they were real confidants.
For a teenage boy who is extremely intelligent and extremely intelligent, this is really the best ending compared to the bleak ending of the sword.
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