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There's a fun and retro vibe to the real-life 1960s cat-and-mouse chase between a teenage con man (Leonardo DiCaprio) and dogged FBI agent (Hanks), made all the more so with a jazzy John Williams score.
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 20 June 2025
At the center of the story is our main character Marius (Ribisi), a gifted con man who, after serving time in prison, slips into the identity of his former cellmate, Pete Murphy (Ethan Embry).
—Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
The world sees him as a criminal, as a fraud or a con man.
—Literary Hub, 26 June 2025
In Melville’s 1857 novel, a shape-shifting con man manipulates the hopes and fears of travelers on a Mississippi riverboat — a parable for a nation all too eager to believe in what comforts it.
—arkansasonline.com, 10 July 2025
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 20 June 2025
At the center of the story is our main character Marius (Ribisi), a gifted con man who, after serving time in prison, slips into the identity of his former cellmate, Pete Murphy (Ethan Embry).
—Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
The world sees him as a criminal, as a fraud or a con man.
—Literary Hub, 26 June 2025
In Melville’s 1857 novel, a shape-shifting con man manipulates the hopes and fears of travelers on a Mississippi riverboat — a parable for a nation all too eager to believe in what comforts it.
—arkansasonline.com, 10 July 2025
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“Con man.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/con%20man. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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