Fascinating, funny & touching.

Rating: 10/10 (15 May 2007)

Though the story is utterly unbelievable, the execution is sublime. Hanks portrays Viktor Navorsky as a kind, honorable & gentle soul, who is both adaptive & inventive - it's wonderful to watch the creative solutions he comes to to counted the obstacles places before him. Stanley Tucci plays a complete b@st@rd so beautifully, the film would have been a failure without him. The love story was the weakest part of the script, unfortunately Catherine-Zeta Jones' love interest character didn't sparkle as some of the other characters did, indeed it was the only weak link in this story, but it's important to state that it was weak only in contrast to the other characters. Kumar Pallana and Diego Luna's supporting roles were played to perfection, Tom Hanks, Stanley Tucci & Chi McBride were all wonderful. And there is NO objectionable subject matter or language, making this a must-see movie, for all ages.