Awful

Rating: 1/10 (19 January 2007)

I was shocked to see how good the ratings for this movie are here on IMDb because this movie, to put it briefly, is CRAP. Tom Hanks does a good job as Viktor Navorski and the plot about a man who is trapped in an airport due to a technicality could be an interesting one. But Steven Spielberg treats his viewers as idiots and tells a story where nothing makes sense, expecting us to feel an emotion simply because the soundtrack is telling us to do so. Why does Frank Dixon hate Navorski so much? Why is the hot stewardess played by Catherine Zeta-Jones enchanted by him? If his friends were going to be fired, why did he go to New York anyway? Couldn't they find an old Indian guy who were a better actor? And if Navorski finally made to New York after all this trouble, couldn't he at least go to the Statue of Liberty or something too? Did he only have time for the jazz show? This movie is an excuse for the advertising of Burger King, Nike and other brands that are shoved down our throats with barely any excuse. Don't waste your time.