An excellent movie, that gets kind of weird after awhile.

Rating: Null/10 (21 June 2004)

Some people are complaining that "The Terminal" was terrible because it didn't make an ounce of sense. It's true, the whole concept of "logic" has been done away with in this movie, but I don't think the basic idea to begin with is crap... the actual story that it's based on is almost more unrealistic than the movie (Marhan Nasseri was given the chance to leave the Charles de Gaulle airport several times, but he didn't want to).
So, it starts out fine... Tom Hanks is a scared tourist lost in a huge airport, and he can't leave. It was fun to watch him learning how to live in the airport on his own, kind of like a modern Robinson Crusoe.
At some point, though, the movie starts going in another direction, with Hanks befriending the staff, and becoming some sort of cult hero in the airport. This is the point when the movie goes completely bonkers, because things happen that have no rational explanation. In fact, the whole reason Hanks came to America to begin with turns out to be a little shaky. The whole last third of the movie was like a dream.
But even with the psychotic storyline, all the actors give great performances, and that is what makes this an excellent movie. It is all about the characters; they hold the movie up from start to finish.
I thought it was very entertaining. 7/10 stars.