What's going on with this movie?

Rating: 4/10 (22 June 2004)

This movie is trying to go in so many directions and fails to go well in any. They honestly can't find a translator for Tom Hanks in NYC, but when they need him to translate for someone else it's going to take that translator an hour to get there. Too bad he learned to speak English for a travel guide in the time since he landed in the airport, and this other translator apparently moved to New York. Stanley Tucci probably played his part a lot nicer than the writer intended. He seems pretty likable, then he's randomly a big jerk. I did like how the Cathrine Zeta-Jones bit plays out. All of the side characters are alright, but some how the movie manages to focus on the too much, yet too little for what happens with them. A great performance by Tom Hanks. Maybe he'll get another Oscar nom. Yeah, I know this review is a little all over the place, but so is the movie it's review, so I think it's fitting.