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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781417003693
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 1417003693
Label: Dreamworks Video
Manufacturer: Dreamworks Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Dreamworks Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 23, 2004
Running Time: 129 minutes
Sales Rank: 20276
Studio: Dreamworks Video
Theatrical Release Date: June 18, 2004
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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 Shannon
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Rating:  - A Charming Comedy
Shadow Watcher
Nobody Drowns in Mineral Lake
THE TERMINAL is the most charming film that director Steven Spielberg has made in years.
Inspired by an actual incident, the touching comedy stars Tom Hanks as Viktor Navorski, a non-English-speaking citizen from a small, imaginary Eastern European country who arrives at New York's JFK airport only to learn that a revolution has taken place in his nation. Thus, because of bureaucratic glitches, he cannot legally enter the United States, nor can he return home.
He is forced to remain inside the airport terminal until his situation can be rectified.
Inside the vast terminal, which, incidentally, is a fabulous set that, along with Hanks' brilliant nuanced performance, deserved to be (but was not) recognized come Oscar time, Viktor must learn to survive.
He finds a place to sleep in an unfinished part of the building, makes friends among the airport workers and even finds employment as a construction worker.
Viktor also finds romance in the person of Catherine Zeta-Jones, an airline stewardess who is involved in a dead-end affair with a married man.
Stanley Tucci plays the head of airport security. He's not an evil man, but the fact that Hanks is stuck in his terminal for month-after-month might prevent him from getting the promotion that he's been seeking for years. Therefore, he must find a way to rid himself of this thorn-in-his-side, using fair means ... Read More
Rating:  - Perseverance wins out
Imagine yourself in an airport of a country where you don't speak the language. While you were in the air, getting to that country, your country experienced a coup, and upon landing you find you are a person without a country. What now?
This is the premise of "The Terminal", a gentle little movie tailor-made to exercise Tom Hanks' considerable acting chops. Playing the role of Viktor Navorski, a simple man from Krakosia, a small country somewhere in Europe, he exhibits more style and believability than any other actor who might have worked this part. Viktor goes through the Customs line, expecting no trouble, and submits his passport. Unfortunately for him, while he was airborne, the military coup in his country rendered that passport useless. He is taken out of the line and delivered to the airport offices of Homeland Security, to which he submits without a fuss, with no understanding of where he is going or why.
The airport branch of Homeland Security is run by Frank Dixon (Stanley Tucci, always worth watching), a man straining at the reins to advance himself in whatever way possible. The problem of Viktor is dropped in his lap. Viktor cannot be sent home, and he cannot be allowed to leave the International terminal. To the frustration of both Viktor and Frank, Viktor must remain in the terminal until his case is resolved.
Viktor is let loose in the protected international terminal with food vouchers and nothing else. He has no contacts, and still does not know ... Read More
Rating:  - No Exit
It's easy to figure out how movies like this get made, the "high-concept" can be expressed in one sentence. Remember the opening sequence of The Player where film producer Tim Robbins listened to a series of preposterous one-sentence ideas for movies? Here goes. "Man entering JFK from failed state must take up residence in waiting area, existing in a state of limbo - hyjinx ensue." The idea is just so breathtakingly stupid and far-fetched that it's a wonder Spielberg gave it a second thought. However, if nothing else, Spielberg is good at movie magic, and here he has taken an abominable idea, an anemic script, and dressed them up with enough flotsam and jetsam to not lose money.
How did he do it? Well, start with Tom Hanks, as bankable as you get. You simply can't dislike Tom Hanks, because there's nothing there to dislike. Of course, there's nothing there to like either. He's like a loaf of Wonderbread, the ideal "everyman" actor - so totally nondescript that he slips into any role. Heck, Spielberg doesn't even make him speak English! Add Catherine Zeta Jones. Fellas, I don't know about you, but I would watch her in a dog food commercial. Make sure to add plenty of glamour location footage and production value, not to mention those all-important product placements. Then finish off with a really top shelf set of minor characters led by Kumar Pallana who nearly steals the film. (Remember him in 10 Items or Less?) In other words, if you've got enough tinsel, no one will notice ... Read More
Rating: - Great Acting In A Silly Movie
I loved this movie for about the first 30 minutes. After that it seemed like the story didn't know where to go. While I sort of enjoyed this movie I think it had mostly to do with Tom Hanks. He creates a character that is easy to like and he does an amazing job playing a person who doesn't speak english and is trapped in an airport. What I didn't like about this movie was that it was a bit silly. The whole point of why he came to the U.S. to begin with was supposed to be touching, but I just thought it was a bit silly in the end. This movie was interesting, but a lot of it was just so far fetched that when the movie ended I just felt it was very corny overall. Entertaining enough to keep you interested, yet a let down in total.
Rating:  - Huge Mistake for Hanks
Normally, I think Tom Hanks makes some great films....but this was a disaster of a role.
The movie was one of the worst I've seen in a while.
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