The Terminal

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Black H An answer in very few possibilities. The direction work is good and making a film on such a subject is a lot of work. I feel that more such movies should be made. Tom Hank has done it. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/24/25 Full Review Alexsander F Great film, the famous ‘doing a lot with a little’, Tom Hanks is brilliant in the role. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/22/25 Full Review mark g This was really a poor film. Spielberg is often cut slack because of his library of work. But this was a silly and pretentious effort. And no, Hanks was not good in it, he was quite bad. I get it, "feel good," but this was more "felt stupid." Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/17/25 Full Review Fantasia 2 It's an underrated movie of steven Spielberg . An good emotional , funny , dramatic movie . Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/10/25 Full Review Jo P Inane and mawkish I don’t think this movie worked. It lumbered through a series of disconnected scenes without building the storyline and took far too long about it. It didn’t hang together emotionally or logically so the sentimentality was all the worse for being incomprehensible. Some of the acting was good, some was fairly over the top. The score was peppy and annoying. I found the film childish and unsatisfying and wish I hadn’t watched it. Sorry to sound grumpy but anything impressive about the set and camerawork is beside the point because of the vacuum at the heart of the screenplay. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/16/25 Full Review Kevin P An underrated gem and a pleasant surprise as one of Steven Spielberg’s lesser-known movies. The movie’s premise is fascinating and very creative with a foreign traveler who can’t return to his home country, nor be granted access to American soil, and is therefore confined to living in an airport. It’s an interesting setup and the film takes great advantage of using this airport setting and bizarre scenario to explore how one would survive in an airport without any reliable income, food, shelter, or support. The movie starts off really sad, but gradually grows more hopeful and lighthearted as Tom Hanks’ character’s kindheartedness and creative adaptability rubs off on the terminal employees. The way they gradually warm up to him despite his quirky antics feels genuine and earned, which can also be said for Stanley Tucci’s “Villain in Suit” archetype being subverted with how gradually he grows pettier and more heinous as the film goes on, which is further motivated by his chance at a promotion, and is expressed so casually and nonchalantly that it feels more shocking that most other examples of this antagonistic archetype and serves as some witty commentary on how brutally paranoid and heartless post-9/11 TSA and American xenophobia could be. The movie is also very funny and it’s cute seeing how much an early 2000’s time capsule this movie was with how prominently you see stores like Borders, Baja Fresh, Baskin Robins, and Jamba Juice. Tom Hank’s character even improvises by eating ketchup crackers, which is something I always did as a kid whenever we ran out of potato chips at home. The cast is terrific and the characters are all well-realized. Tom Hanks’ character romance with Catherine Zeta-Jones’ character thankfully rises above rom-com tropes by making it feel genuinely supportive and friendly while avoiding the all-too-common creepy “romance” tropes like the plague. There’s a bit of the cliché misunderstanding conflict near the end, but luckily it’s quickly resolved and their relationship is concluded in a bittersweet note that helps Tom Hank’s character get his true happy ending. It can be a bit schmaltzy at times, but I feel like this movie really earned it and I am really glad that Schaffrilas Productions recommended this underappreciated Spielberg movie cause it’s easily among his best. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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