Review of The Terminal (2004) by Jonathan Rosenbaum for Chicago Reader — 12 Aug 2006
As usual Spielberg is too bored by everyday life to use his premise for anything but a fairy tale, whose cheap pathos suggests a bad Chaplin imitation. This grows progressively phonier and eventually devolves into "Mr.
Roberts," with Stanley Tucci filling in for James Cagney as an airport bureaucrat.
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This review of The Terminal (2004) was written by Jonathan Rosenbaum and published by Chicago Reader on 12 Aug 2006.
The Terminal has generally received positive reviews.
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