Creatively done movie, with humor and a touch of humanity

Rating: 9/10 (22 June 2004)

'The Terminal' is a creative movie, providing the viewer with laughter, hope and a sense of humanity that is in all of us. With all the harsh, crass and fatalistic movies coming out of Hollywood these days this movie was light, uplifting and really funny. While it was not truly idealistic, it was based on true events that happened to someone at another time, in another country and in another airport. But really, unless movies are based on true human events or history, many of our movies are quite fictitious and leave a lot to be desired with regard to the story's plot and objective. In fact, Hollywood has been definitely gravitating towards the mighty, powerful special effects story lines and has loss the touch of human individuality the how people can reach out and connect with one another. A movie does not need to be totally realistic in order to convey this and 'The Terminal' does an excellent job of uplifting the heart and giving us pause to laugh and have hope.
As usual Tom Hanks does an outstanding job, taking on a role that is challenging and then mastering it. Some reviews have considered the movie without any redemptive qualities and not worth watching. Unfortunately, this is totally wrong and I trust that movie goers will see this is a film well worth watching.