excellent film

Rating: 9/10 (26 December 2012)

This was typical Tom Hanks-but it's a good type of typical. It's like Big where he's an innocent character caught up in an unusual situation. He plays a foreigner who travels to the U.S. (New York City to be exact) and is denied entry due to the fact that his native country has embarked in a civil war, and the airport does not recognize his visa anymore. For obvious reasons, he can't go back home, so he has to live in the airport, and he makes new friends, tells stories, finds work, and finds love in stewardess Catherine Zeta-Jones.
This was a marvelous and touching story. I wonder how much United Airlines got pain for "product placement" in this though. Tom Hanks was his usual great performance, and I liked it. See it if you get the chance-you will like why he came to New York City! *** out of ****