The Terminal (Widescreen Edition)
starring: Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Chi McBride, Stanley Tucci, Diego Luna
directed by: Steven Spielberg
directed by: Steven Spielberg
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AFTER ARRIVING AT NY'S JFK AIRPORT, VIKTOR VIVORSKI GETS CAUGHT IN BUREAUCRATIC GLITCHES THAT MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM TO RETURN TO HIS HOME COUNTRY OR ENTER THE U.S.NOW CAUGHT UP IN THE WORLD INSIDE THE AIRPORT, VIKTOR MAKES FRIENDS, GETS A JOB & FINDS ROMANCE - ALL INSIDE THE TERMINAL.
Amazon.com:
Like an airport running at peak efficiency, The Terminal glides on the consummate skills of its director and star. Having refined their collaborative chemistry on Saving Private Ryan and Catch Me if You Can, Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks mesh like the precision gears of a Rolex, turning a delicate, not-very-plausible scenario into a lovely modern-age fable (partly based on fact) that's both technically impressive and subtly moving. It's Spielberg in Capra mode, spinning the featherweight tale of Victor Navorski (Hanks, giving a finely tuned performance), an Eastern European who arrives at New York's Kennedy Airport just as his (fictional) homeland has fallen to a coup, forcing him, with no valid citizenship, to take indefinite residence in the airport's expansive International Arrivals Terminal (an astonishing full-scale set that inspires Spielberg's most elegant visual strategies). Spielberg said he made this film in part to alleviate the anguish of wartime America, and his master's touch works wonders on the occasionally mushy material; even Stanley Tucci's officious terminal director and Catherine Zeta-Jones's mixed-up flight attendant come off (respectively) as forgivable and effortlessly charming. With this much talent involved, The Terminal transcends its minor shortcomings to achieve a rare degree of cinematic grace. --Jeff Shannon
AFTER ARRIVING AT NY'S JFK AIRPORT, VIKTOR VIVORSKI GETS CAUGHT IN BUREAUCRATIC GLITCHES THAT MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM TO RETURN TO HIS HOME COUNTRY OR ENTER THE U.S.NOW CAUGHT UP IN THE WORLD INSIDE THE AIRPORT, VIKTOR MAKES FRIENDS, GETS A JOB & FINDS ROMANCE - ALL INSIDE THE TERMINAL.
Amazon.com:
Like an airport running at peak efficiency, The Terminal glides on the consummate skills of its director and star. Having refined their collaborative chemistry on Saving Private Ryan and Catch Me if You Can, Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks mesh like the precision gears of a Rolex, turning a delicate, not-very-plausible scenario into a lovely modern-age fable (partly based on fact) that's both technically impressive and subtly moving. It's Spielberg in Capra mode, spinning the featherweight tale of Victor Navorski (Hanks, giving a finely tuned performance), an Eastern European who arrives at New York's Kennedy Airport just as his (fictional) homeland has fallen to a coup, forcing him, with no valid citizenship, to take indefinite residence in the airport's expansive International Arrivals Terminal (an astonishing full-scale set that inspires Spielberg's most elegant visual strategies). Spielberg said he made this film in part to alleviate the anguish of wartime America, and his master's touch works wonders on the occasionally mushy material; even Stanley Tucci's officious terminal director and Catherine Zeta-Jones's mixed-up flight attendant come off (respectively) as forgivable and effortlessly charming. With this much talent involved, The Terminal transcends its minor shortcomings to achieve a rare degree of cinematic grace. --Jeff Shannon
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- As a whole the film makes very little sense, but Hanks works a magic I very rarely see from him...
A lot of people consider Tom Hanks to be one of the greatest actors of his generation.They laud his every performance, even the mediocre ones (and personally, I feel as though he has a lot of those).I mean, the man has two Oscar's so OBVIOUSLY he's amazing, right.
I am not a Hanks fan really.I think that he has been superb twice (in `Big' and `Cast Away'), and merely adequate most other times.In fact, I find his two Oscar winning performances to be near the bottom of his pile ... Read More
Rating: - Defies expectations, but not always in a good way
Hanks' acting is wonderful as usual. There are also some very charming moments between his and the other characters.
There are two main issues I have with Terminal. On occasion, Spielberg falls prey to his penchant for over-sentimentalization. For instance, do we really need four reaction shots of people fawning over a good deed Hanks' character does for a secondary character? In another part, dozens of characters rally around the protagonist in another sentimental scene, but the direction ... Read More
Rating: - The Terminal
The movie clams to be a critically acclaimed comedy.Tom Hanks portrays a character how arrives in New York to find his homeland in war and now is unable to return home and unable to enter New York since the takeover of the government of his homeland is now not recognized by the US.
The movie had a few good parts and Hanks acting was pretty good.However it did not end the way I thought it would.There is not a lot that really holds your attention to the storyline.
Rating: 
- Waiting can be exciting... It can be also entertaining...
The film begins with a cool look (green and blue), because Spielberg doesn't think of Immigration as a warm place to be for the few minutes it takes to clear a passenger and get him on his way... So all the cool tones are evident until Viktor starts to settle into his new home... He is going to be stuck in New York's JFK airport for an unspecified amount of time... From this moment we see Viktor stuck, trapped, unable to enter United States and that's the fun of this film...
Tom Hanks is really ... Read More
Rating: 
- A Sweet and Charming Movie
Tom Hanks is just brilliant.I loved everything about this movie, especially how kindness and compassion transcends all nationalities.
- As a whole the film makes very little sense, but Hanks works a magic I very rarely see from him...A lot of people consider Tom Hanks to be one of the greatest actors of his generation.They laud his every performance, even the mediocre ones (and personally, I feel as though he has a lot of those).I mean, the man has two Oscar's so OBVIOUSLY he's amazing, right.
I am not a Hanks fan really.I think that he has been superb twice (in `Big' and `Cast Away'), and merely adequate most other times.In fact, I find his two Oscar winning performances to be near the bottom of his pile ... Read More
- Defies expectations, but not always in a good wayHanks' acting is wonderful as usual. There are also some very charming moments between his and the other characters.
There are two main issues I have with Terminal. On occasion, Spielberg falls prey to his penchant for over-sentimentalization. For instance, do we really need four reaction shots of people fawning over a good deed Hanks' character does for a secondary character? In another part, dozens of characters rally around the protagonist in another sentimental scene, but the direction ... Read More
- The TerminalThe movie clams to be a critically acclaimed comedy.Tom Hanks portrays a character how arrives in New York to find his homeland in war and now is unable to return home and unable to enter New York since the takeover of the government of his homeland is now not recognized by the US.
The movie had a few good parts and Hanks acting was pretty good.However it did not end the way I thought it would.There is not a lot that really holds your attention to the storyline.
- Waiting can be exciting... It can be also entertaining...The film begins with a cool look (green and blue), because Spielberg doesn't think of Immigration as a warm place to be for the few minutes it takes to clear a passenger and get him on his way... So all the cool tones are evident until Viktor starts to settle into his new home... He is going to be stuck in New York's JFK airport for an unspecified amount of time... From this moment we see Viktor stuck, trapped, unable to enter United States and that's the fun of this film...
Tom Hanks is really ... Read More
- A Sweet and Charming MovieTom Hanks is just brilliant.I loved everything about this movie, especially how kindness and compassion transcends all nationalities.
