"The Terminal" will remain just that.

Rating: Null/10 (28 June 2004)

"The Terminal" should remain a terminal for an inept work by master artists. Tom Hanks is adequate in his portrayal of a lost Russian soul in the JFK Airport Terminal. For such a great artist, this is a real come down. It is an even greater come down for the exemplary director, Steven Spielberg who has created a real dud. The concept is cute, but the film is long and tedious. The relationship with Catherine Zeta Jones is tenuous to say the least. It is testing one's imagination to find some sense of possibility in it, and leaves one wondering why it exists at all. Stanly Tucci plays a humorous airport security chief who bungles it all. But even his adequate performance fails to save this tragically insipid work. It has hype, but is is definitely one to miss.