Do you ever feel like you're just living at the airport?

Rating: Null/10 (23 June 2004)

Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Stanley Tucci do an excellent job in this "Cast Away" sort of movie. Tom Hanks plays Viktor Navorski from Krokasia, pronounced Crow-K-Asia, (pardon my misspelling) and in the short time he is in the air from his country, that is supposedly just south of Russia, there is a military coup in which his country's leaders are taken hostage. When he arrives at JFK he is told that because of the coup he cannot return to his homeland, or leave the Airport until the United States recognizes the coup's take over of his home country. Tucci plays self-serving head of security, Frank Dixon, at JFK. He constantly tries to trick Navorski into setting foot on U.S. Soil so he can be treated as a threat to national security. Zeta-Jones does not have as big a part in this movie as expected. She pops up every once and awhile and twists a love story into the plot. However it is neither her not Tucci who make this movie enjoyable. Hanks portrayal of innocent Navorski is what makes it a great laugh. This movie is an excellent one to take your family or girlfriend to. A Light hearted comedy that shows you what it means to be "delayed"