you won't want it to terminate

Rating: 7/10 (8 May 2006)

I was surprised when I learned that "The Terminal" was based on a true story, but the movie did a pretty neat job with it (well duh, it involves Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks). The plot of course has Viktor Navorski (Hanks) coming to the US from the fictional Eastern European country of Krakozhia when he gets stranded in the airport. The rest of the movie has him getting acquainted with various people in the airport and wondering what will become of everything now.
It's a simple idea, but they know how to do some neat things with it. Above all, it shows that Tom Hanks not only is one of the greatest actors of our time, but is one of the few who can put on a believable accent. Maybe they didn't need the love affair with Catherine Zeta-Jones, but otherwise it's pretty good. Stanley Tucci's character is likely to make your skin crawl. All in all, pretty neat.