couldn't watch it all

Rating: 1/10 (4 January 2005)

My wife and I could only stomach about 20 minutes of this film. I didn't know Steven Spielberg directed this movie until I looked it up on IMDb. I never would have guessed with his instincts he would produce such a frustratingly ham-fisted clichéd film. Being beat over the head with the pretext of the film is not my idea of entertainment. The immigration authorities finally figure out after way too long that the gentleman played by Tom Hanks doesn't understand English. Yet they continue to lecture him in English about immigration law. Huh? I don't get it. The film continues along the same vein. There isn't a sole in the airport that can see he needs some help and doesn't speak the language. Not realistic and plain dumb. We hit "stop" after 20 minutes and kissed our five dollars goodbye.