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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.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for brief language and drug references

Runtime: 2 hrs 9 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Jun 18, 2004 Wide

Box Office: $77,032,279

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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With a big assist from Hanks, Spielberg takes nothing and turns it into a charming something.

Full Review Source: Denton Record Chronicle (TX) | comment Comment
06/18/04
Boo Allen
Boo Allen
Denton Record Chronicle (TX)

It seems he’s happy to continue viewing the world in black and white.

Full Review Source: NYC Film Critic | comment Comment
03/05/05
Ethan Alter
Ethan Alter
NYC Film Critic

A great filmmaker doing minor work.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
05/26/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

The film is so flaccid and pedestrian one can hardly believe it comes from the director whom a majority of Americans would presume is the best this country has.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
06/17/04
John Anderson
John Anderson
Newsday
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Annoying out of the gates, then cute, at times Hollywood romantic, with Zeta-Jones acting as Meg Ryan. Product placement bogs.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Report Card | comment Comment
07/12/04
Ross Anthony
Ross Anthony
Hollywood Report Card

It never gets any big laughs or major lumps in the throat, but it sparks throughout.

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
06/17/04
William Arnold
William Arnold
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

The subtle implications of Viktor Navorski's inimitable status are pregnant with charm.

Full Review Source: Palo Alto Weekly | comment Comment
06/16/04
Jeanne Aufmuth
Jeanne Aufmuth
Palo Alto Weekly

'Spielberg logra una fantasía sentimental, romántica y sumamente divertida que deja una amplia sonrisa en la boca y la idea de que la vida puede ser mucho menos complicada.'

Full Review Source: Moviola | comment Comment
07/20/04
Jorge Avila Andrade
Jorge Avila Andrade
Moviola

An enjoyable ensemble movie anchored by Hanks' incredible -- and incredibly generous -- performance.

Full Review Source: Sacramento Bee | comment Comment
06/18/04
Joe Baltake
Joe Baltake
Sacramento Bee

Seeing The Terminal is like experiencing an uneventful flight: The trip was pleasant but not delightful, and you're happy to deplane at the other end.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
06/20/04
Marjorie Baumgarten
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

Suggests that America remains the generous land of opportunity that immigrants have dreamed of for decades, despite terrorism and Homeland Security...

Full Review Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) | comment Comment
06/21/04
John Beifuss
John Beifuss
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

A fine, enjoyable, uplifting fantasy that's suitable for viewing by all members of the family.

Full Review Source: ReelViews | comment Comment
06/14/04
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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Feels disingenuous and dogmatic.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
06/18/04
Jami Bernard
Jami Bernard
New York Daily News
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Plays like the first few episodes of an expensive, gimmicky sitcom about a guy forced to live in an airport.

Full Review Source: SPLICEDWire | comment Comment
06/16/04
Rob Blackwelder
Rob Blackwelder
SPLICEDWire

The Terminal is a movie that asks you to suspend yourself from belief for a couple of hours and head into kind of a movie schnookie woo-woo world...

Full Review Source: Blunt Review | comment Comment
06/20/04
Emily Blunt
Emily Blunt
Blunt Review

Overwrought and self-indulgent.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
06/18/04
Liz Braun
Liz Braun
Jam! Movies

A loungeful of comedic payloads and ironies but so stretched beyond capacity that the overbooking gave me an itch to take off on the next flight out.

Full Review Source: Cinema Signals | comment Comment
06/21/04
Jules Brenner
Jules Brenner
Cinema Signals

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

Takes off in spectacular fashion, but too much narrative turbulence prevents its flights of fancy from ever achieving maximum altitude.

Full Review Source: Creative Loafing | comment Comment
06/16/04
Matt Brunson
Matt Brunson
Creative Loafing

The Terminal is a light-hearted and thoroughly entertaining film about the joys that can be ours when we slow down, practice deep listening, and cultivate the art of patience.

Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | comment Comment
06/17/04
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice
 
 
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