'Catch Me If You Can' 4K UHD Review
- Connor Petrey
- Jan 4
- 3 min read
Updated: Jan 31
Physical Media Release Date: 12/09/25.
Label: Paramount Home Entertainment.
Form of Release: 4K UHD.
The Verdict: A Must-Buy
On 4K UHD for the FIRST time, Catch Me If You Can has finally arrived in the best quality transfer for any Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks or most importantly Spielberg admirer. One of their most brilliant and yet one of their lesser talked about feature films.
Following a gifted teenager who turns master con artist in Catch Me If You Can, eluding the FBI by posing as a pilot, doctor, and lawyer—all before his 21st birthday. Based on a true story, the film is a sleek, fast-paced chase that explores identity, deception, and the human need for connection.
Bonus Features include “Catch Me If You Can: Behind the Camera,” “CAST Me If You Can: The Casting of the Film,” “Scoring: Catch Me if You Can,” “Frank Abagnale: Between Reality and Fiction,” “The FBI Perspective,” “Catch Me if You Can: In Closing, and Photo Galleries.”
Technical Review:
Paramount Home Entertainment has transferred Catch Me If You Can to 4K in 2160p and to Blu-ray in 1080p, and both are presented in widescreen format. There are several audio tracks included on the 4K, an English and a French DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and an English audio description. There are also English and French subtitles. For the Blu-ray audio tracks there are English and French DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and Portuguese and Spanish tracks in Dolby Digital 5.1. Finally, on the Blu-ray there are subtitles in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish.
This 4K transfer is remarkably clear and a noticeable improvement over it's Blu-ray and DVD counterparts. The colors POP and the vibrancy of the world our characters journey through is a wonder to look at - providing a fun period piece feel to this Spielberg outlier. The audio appears to be a great transfer and is seamless, with no major issues to declare or audio anomalies detected. If you've never seen this often forgotten Spielberg classic, this is the best way to see it - especially for the first time.
Special Features:
“Catch Me If You Can: Behind the Camera”
“CAST Me If You Can: The Casting of the Film”
“Scoring: Catch Me if You Can”
“Frank Abagnale: Between Reality and Fiction”
“The FBI Perspective”
“Catch Me if You Can: In Closing"
Photo Galleries.
Rotten Tomatoes Scores:
Tomatometer: 96% (as of 12/09/25)
Popcornmeter: 89% (as of 12/09/25)
Physical Release Specs & Other Details:
MPAA: PG13
Runtime: 141 minutes
Original Release: 2002
Video
Codec: HEVC / H.265 (71.77 Mbps)
Resolution: Native 4K (2160p)
HDR: Dolby Vision, HDR10
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Audio
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
French: Dolby Digital 5.1 (640 kbps)
Czech: Dolby Digital 5.1
German: Dolby Digital 5.1 (640 kbps)
Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1 (640 kbps)
Italian: Dolby Digital 5.1 (640 kbps)
Japanese: Dolby Digital 5.1 (640 kbps)
Polish: Dolby Digital 5.1 (640 kbps)
Thai: Dolby Digital 5.1 (640 kbps)
Subtitles
English, English SDH, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Cantonese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Korean, Mandarin (Simplified), Mandarin (Traditional), Norwegian, Polish, Slovak, Swedish, Thai
Discs
4K Ultra HD
Blu-ray Disc
Two-disc set (1 BD-100, 1 BD-50)
Digital
Included
Packaging
Slipcover in Original Packaging
Playback
4K Blu-ray: Region free
2K Blu-ray: Region A
Positives and Negatives
+ First Time on 4K UHD
+ A Lesser Known Spielberg Feature
+ Tom Hanks / Leonardo DiCaprio Collaboration
+ Positive Critical Reception
+ x7 Special Features
- NO Audio Commentaries
+ Digital Code Included
