enjoyable

Rating: 9/10 (22 July 2004)

The Terminal was an enjoyable film. It made me laugh and cry. It is not always necessary to "reach to the core of humanity" for a film to be enjoyable. Sometimes "a cigar is just a cigar". Sometimes a film is meant to entertain, and if we can find deeper meaning attached,so much the better.
Do you suppose it was as simple as watching a polite man caught in an uncomfortable situation and seeing how he dealt with it? Manners are underused in this world. It was a touching film, and I and my spouse both enjoyed it. The actors did as they should do, they transformed themselves into the characters they portrayed. After a few minutes, it wasn't Hanks but Viktor that I was traveling with through his trials. And do you know, through it all, Viktor displayed the finest qualities of man....gentleness, manners, concern for others. Bravo, the film was lovely.