After landing at New York City's JFK airport, Eastern European native Viktor Navorski (Tom Hanks) learns that a coup has dissolved his country and rendered his passport useless. Taking up residence in the sprawling terminal, Viktor charms a ...
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After landing at New York City's JFK airport, Eastern European native Viktor Navorski (Tom Hanks) learns that a coup has dissolved his country and rendered his passport useless. Taking up residence in the sprawling terminal, Viktor charms a beautiful flight attendant (Catherine Zeta-Jones) while officials attempt to have him deported from his new "home." With Stanley Tucci, Chi McBride, Kumar Pallana; directed by Steven Spielberg. 129 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital stereo, DTS 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish.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 ShannonSimilarProduct
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