Review of The Terminal (2004) by Maymay A — 18 Apr 2010

Viktor Navorski lives in an airport. Yes, after literally losing his country while on flight, he finds himself stuck in the JFK airport. Frank Dixon, the head, thought that if he leaves Navorski there, he would eventually escape to New York and become someone else's problem. But, he was wrong. Navorski is an honest man and will be waiting until he's free to leave.

It got good shots of comedy, drama and romance. The Hanks and Zeta-Jones team-up is good addition to the story, not misleading the film to its real purpose. It's a Spielberg work and it's a really funny and light movie, with the right doses of sentiments in some scenes. It may not be as big and celebrated as the other Hanks-Spielberg collaborations such as the funny and humorous Catch Me If You Can or as groundbreaking as Saving Private Ryan, but, it's still a movie that captivated me a lot.

Tom Hanks was really believable and fascinating. The colorful people around also alleviated the film. Many movies are vying to be groundbreaking, rare, notable and revolutionary. Those are the kind of movies we usually set our eyes on. Yet sometimes, we just want to lay back and feel good, so we go see The Terminal.