A real Eastern European

Rating: 10/10 (26 April 2005)

It was a pleasant surprise for me  Tom Hanks speaking in my native Bulgarian language (and it is not Russian). His performance was outstanding, I could have sworn he was a relative to my father-in-law  gestures, posture, skills, desire to do the right thing and a heart of gold.
This gentle comedy portrays Eastern Europeans in a much more sympathetic and realistic way than everything else I've seen in the West, and shows the West in ways that many migrants have experienced. It is entertaining and charmingly stupid at places, as real life. It also has this warm feel of optimism, simplicity and satisfaction that our consumerist society has almost made extinct.
Thanks to Spillberg for this beautiful movie which made my day.