Charming, intelligent, hilarious

Rating: 9/10 (1 July 2004)

Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks have done it again. Saving private Ryan, Catch Me If You Can, Band Of Brothers; those two are on fire. The terminal is a constantly charming, often hilarious, and very intelligent film. "Viktor Navorski" is an unstoppable charm factory, living in a crack in the system, waiting in the international terminal. "Gupta Rajan", played by Kumar Pallana (the little Indian guy from Royal Tenenbaums) will crack you up; he is a terminal janitor who gets his kicks by watching people slip on the wet floors on his coffee breaks. Every minute there is a new laugh, and another reason to love Viktor Navorski.
Not a fairy tale, not a 60's TV show remake: this movie is something different, enjoyable for everyone.