Better than I expected.

Rating: 8/10 (1 June 2012)

Now I actually didn't expect too much from this movie, I basically just got it because I am trying to catch up on my Spielberg movies. I was just hoping for a fun little movie that I could maybe get some good laughs at, but it would be much more than that. That's kind of what happened with Catch Me if You Can, another Spielberg movie starring Tom Hanks. For most of the movie it was pretty much what I expected, but in the last half-hour, it began to exceed my expectations.
What didn't I like? Well basically there isn't much bad in the film, there is just very little that's great. Although I think the film's biggest flaw is the main character, Viktor did get extremely annoying at times. It was frustrating trying to get him to communicate while he was learning English. No offense to foreigners here, but this went beyond a language barrier, this was borderline Mental Retardation. It was almost as if Hanks was playing Forrest Gump again.
As for the things I liked. Well of course the direction is great, as well as the acting. I officially believe that Tom Hanks is the most likable actor ever. The dumbest thing a movie could do is get him to play the villain, because it wouldn't work. ***Warning, the rest of the paragraph contains spoilers.*** But what I loved was when it seemed they were going to go for that Rom-Com third act misunderstanding. Where the woman gets mad at Viktor for not telling him he lived in a Terminal, and it seemed like she was going to leave, and they would spend the rest of the movie moping. But they didn't. After 30 seconds of anger, they talk and she forgives him. That was brilliant! Also the villain really became a complete a**hole in the end before redeeming himself. By the end I had a smile on my face.
The Termianal may not be the best from Spielberg, or Hanks, or even from the two of them together (Saving Private Ryan). But it actually exceeded my expectations, enough to where I would give it a 7.5/10.