Spielberg has a future in quality family films with a classic feel should he choose to explore the genre more. Hanks was fabulous, turning in one of his best performances Is infectious and well worth a viewing if properly received.Īll in all, I thoroughly enjoyed The Terminal. While the story may eek some for not being purely believable, the sweet, candycoated nature of the tale Sadly, with just a little snipping here and there on the language, The Terminal could have been a perfect The film has a classic feel to it and Spielberg indeed pulls it off. Without ever really becoming one for too long. The Terminal is a comedy, a drama, and a romance all in one Spielberg seems to have a handle on whenĪnd how to tug at the audience's heartstrings. The film has plenty of laughs and several tear-jerking moments. The Terminal is an utterly charming story about Navorski's innocent and rather mysterious fish-out-of-waterĬharacter. But to be honest, I've seen much worse before in some PG films. Seems to be what warranted this film's PG-13 rating. Some language and the story angle of Amelia's affair (which we never see, just hear about) The very fact she is seeing a married man on the side makes her character more undesirable and we know Viktorĭeserves better. Viktor is attracted to her beauty and her kindness towards him, but Zeta-Jones pulls off a great "you like her but you don't" vibe for her, Amelia's worldly an immoral life practicesĪre believable and also not too attractive. Sadly, one of the mostīelievable characters is the ridiculously shallow flight attendant Amelia whom Viktor meets at the airport. Meeting them, but the kind folks that Navorski befriends almost seem too-good-to-be-true. The supporting characters also feel real but with almost charicature-like delivery. Of a good writing team, paint a real picture of the kind of guy Navorski is, and we feel bad for him from frame The story centers around Navorski's misfortune of being unable to leave the JFK Airport due to a war in his Spielberg's latest venture, The Terminal, I knew right away they'd picked the right man for Viktor Navorski. Trying to get into the women's dorm (TV show Bosom Buddies) to a gangster father ( Road To Perdition)Īnd a high-strung Fed Ex employee stranded on a deserted island ( Cast Away). He's as versatile as being able to pull off an obsessiveĬompulsive cop who has to take care of a hazardous mutt ( Turner & Hooch), a cross-dressing college student Tom Hanks is arguably one of the best actors of today. Movie Reviews (Main) > Movie Reviews (Main).Indie Reviews (Main) > Indie Reviews (Main).But Viktor has long worn out his welcome with airport official Frank Dixon (Stanley Tucci), who considers him a bureaucratic glitch, a problem he cannot control but wants desperately to erase.ĭuring his accidental exile, Viktor encounters and befriends an array of airport employees, some of whom aren't very far removed from their own assimilation to America. Stranded at Kennedy Airport with a passport from nowhere, he is unauthorized to actually enter the United States and must improvise his days and nights in the terminal's international transit lounge until the war at home is over.Īs the weeks and months stretch on, Viktor finds the compressed universe of the terminal to be a richly complex world of absurdity, generosity, ambition, amusement, status, serendipity and even romance with a beautiful flight attendant named Amelia (Catherine Zeta-Jones). Viktor Navorski ( Tom Hanks) is a visitor to New York from Eastern Europe, whose homeland erupts in a fiery coup while he is in the air en route to America.
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