Avoid this film like the plague. Absolutely not recommended.

Rating: 1/10 (11 January 2006)

What in the world was Spielberg thinking? Tom Hanks must have said yes to this film without reading the screenplay. It is so bad, so unbelievable, so ridiculous. I watched it to the bitter end hoping that there might be something redeemable in the almost two hours...but no, nothing redeemable appeared. Boy oh boy, what a disappointment.
That someone could be stranded in an airport and stay nine months, building a wall, sleeping in one of the waiting rooms night after night without being thrown out, that an airport manager could do the things that Tucci does in this film...well, I can't believe that anyone could buy the story of The Terminal. What a waste of talent: Zeta-Jones, Hanks, Tucci, Spielberg. Wow! I don't recommend this film at all.