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The Terminal (2004)

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Reviews Counted:195

Fresh:118

Rotten:77

Average Rating:6.2/10

Consensus: Tom Hanks and the rest of the amiable cast make this bumpy ride worth sitting through.

Runtime: 2 hrs 9 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Academy Award® winners Tom Hanks ("Philadelphia," "Forrest Gump") and Catherine Zeta-Jones ("Chicago") star in "The Terminal," under the direction of Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Steven... Academy Award® winners Tom Hanks ("Philadelphia," "Forrest Gump") and Catherine Zeta-Jones ("Chicago") star in "The Terminal," under the direction of Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Steven Spielberg ("Schindler’s List," "Saving Private Ryan"). "The Terminal" tells the story of Viktor Navorski (Tom Hanks), 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. 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. As 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). But Viktor has long worn out his welcome with airport official Frank Dixon, who considers him a bureaucratic glitch, a problem he cannot control but wants desperately to erase. "The Terminal" also stars Emmy winner Stanley Tucci (TV’s "Winchell," "Road to Perdition") as Frank Dixon. Rounding out the main cast are Chi McBride (TV’s "Boston Public"), Diego Luna ("Y Tu Mama, Tambien"), Barry "Shabaka" Henley ("Ali"), Kumar Pallana ("The Royal Tenenbaums"), Zoë Saldana ("Drumline"), Eddie Jones ("Seabiscuit") and Jude Ciccolella ("Down With Love"). Walter F. Parkes ("Catch Me If You Can"), Steven Spielberg and Laurie MacDonald ("The Ring") are producing "The Terminal," with Patricia Whitcher, Jason Hoffs and Andrew Niccol serving as executive producers. The screenplay is by Sacha Gervasi and Jeff Nathanson from a story by Niccol. [More]

Starring: Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Stanley Tucci, Chi McBride

Starring: Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Stanley Tucci, Chi McBride, Diego Luna, Zoe Saldana, Barry Shabaka Henley

Director: Steven Spielberg

Director: Steven Spielberg
Screenwriter: Sacha Gervasi, Jeff Nathanson
Producer: Steven Spielberg, Walter F. Parkes, Laurie MacDonald
Composer: John Williams
Studio: DreamWorks Distribution LLC

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Holds several small treasures and one crown jewel of a performance by Tom Hanks.

Full Review Source: Eclipse Magazine | comment Comment
06/18/04
Sean O'Connell
Sean O'Connell
Eclipse Magazine

There are so many little details that give the movie its humor, its warmth, and its charm. It's full of unexpected surprises - every sentimental moment is perfectly placed.

Full Review Source: TheMovieChicks.com | comment Comment
06/18/04
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
TheMovieChicks.com

This terminally bumpy mishmash of every bad contrivance ever made on film never takes flight.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
06/18/04
E! Online
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To watch The Terminal is to be in one -- your plane delayed, your future on hold, your pass in hand and nothing to board.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
06/18/04
Rick Groen
Rick Groen
Globe and Mail

What's less interesting than spending time in an airport?

Full Review Source: Tooele Transcript-Bulletin (Utah) | comment Comment
06/18/04
Audrey Rock-Richardson
Audrey Rock-Richardson
Tooele Transcript-Bulletin (Utah)

The intriguing premise soon becomes a labored and contrived layover for the viewer.

Full Review Source: Lawrence Journal-World | comment Comment
06/18/04
Jon Niccum
Jon Niccum
Lawrence Journal-World

As they land this fish-out-of-water story, Spielberg and Hanks have created a modern Catch-22 that moves you to laughter and then tugs your heart moments later.

Full Review Source: Des Moines Register | comment Comment
06/18/04
Jeffrey Bruner
Jeffrey Bruner
Des Moines Register

Wobbles between plotlines and characters that make emotional sense and ones that don't… remains passably entertaining, but doesn't bear much thinking about afterwards.

Full Review Source: Decent Films Guide | comment Comment
06/18/04
Steven D. Greydanus
Steven D. Greydanus
Decent Films Guide

leaving you feeling like Viktor, stranded in nowheresville, able to make do while you have to, but looking forward to your ticket out.

Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star | comment Comment
06/18/04
Phil Villarreal
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star

The draw for The Terminal lay solely on the shoulders of its star.

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
06/18/04
Robin Clifford
Robin Clifford
Reeling Reviews

Once again Tom Hanks shows the depths of his talent.

Full Review Source: ReelTalk Movie Reviews | comment Comment
06/18/04
Diana Saenger
Diana Saenger
ReelTalk Movie Reviews

Unavoidably funny and touching enough that we can ignore its weaknesses.

Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
06/18/04
Eric Harrison
Eric Harrison
Houston Chronicle

This film is the very definition of 'light' entertainment.

Full Review Source: JoBlo's Movie Emporium | comment Comment
06/18/04
JoBlo
JoBlo
JoBlo's Movie Emporium

Within ten minutes, I was hooked; within thirty, I was rapt; by the last act, I knew that the hands of a master had played me like a piano. It's beautiful.

Full Review Source: Film Blather | comment Comment
06/17/04
Eugene Novikov
Eugene Novikov
Film Blather

It's a recommendable movie if only for the flurry of solid laughs that come early and often, but that's about it.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
06/17/04
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

Hanks' Navorsky character is compelling, we care about him, and we become interested in a situation most of us would stop at nothing to avoid.

Full Review Source: IGN Movies | comment Comment
06/17/04
Jeff Otto
Jeff Otto
IGN Movies

What...makes it all worthwhile, is Hanks' performance, which consists of one part Chaplin.., one part Sid Caesar.., and one part Hanks' own personal warmth.

Full Review Source: culturevulture.net | comment Comment
06/17/04
Arthur Lazere
Arthur Lazere
culturevulture.net

'The Terminal' is like a private jet that has had too much baggage...it looks sleek and beautiful on the outside but it is simply too loaded down to ever quite take off.

Full Review Source: Critic Doctor | comment Comment
06/17/04
Peter Sobczynski
Peter Sobczynski
Critic Doctor

Airport-purgatory story from Spielberg and Hanks is a minor work from two master craftsmen.

Full Review Source: Netflix | comment Comment
06/17/04
James Rocchi
James Rocchi
Netflix

Spielberg seems to be letting the audience know that he's not trying to be terribly serious this time, so just sit back and enjoy the show.

Full Review Source: Window to the Movies | comment Comment
06/17/04
Jeffrey Chen
Jeffrey Chen
Window to the Movies
 
 
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