Pointless lack of communication

Rating: 5/10 (11 February 2011)

The Terminal's two chief protagonists are unable to communicate, and unable to recognize that they're not communicating.
One is a clueless immigration official of a major international airport who has apparently never dealt with a non-English-speaker and who is apparently unable to find a translator. Another is an impossibly inept tourist.
Why should we care to watch a film about failure to communicate at even the most basic level -- when communication is so easy, and should be easy in this situation, and is what all our lives are about anyway? I don't know. I switched it off half way through. Wha a waste of talented actors and an interesting premise.