Great story and movie

Rating: 9/10 (3 November 2010)

A movie like this comes along rarely. Not like your typical special effects oriented, credibility defying trash that Hollywood has been churning out for the masses. This movie's premise is simple and unpretentious, and is the basis for a wonderful bit of story-telling.
Sometimes we get caught in the wheels of circumstances beyond our control and we have to learn to deal with it. The terminal is a microcosm of life, the routine and the monotonous part of it that we can't seem to escape from. Hanks accomplishes the feat and goes beyond, playing the English challenged Victor Naborsky as he arrives in New York in order to keep a promise he made to his dying father. He is not bitter. He does not complain. He goes about making the best of a dreadful situation in his unassuming but humorous way.
If you did not appreciate The Terminal the first time, may I suggest you watch it a second time. This movie will grow on you.