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The Terminal (Full Screen Edition)
The Terminal
Full Screen Edition
Actors: Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Chi McBride, Stanley Tucci, Diego Luna
Director: Steven Spielberg
Genres: Comedy, Drama
PG-13     2004     2hr 8min

A Balkan immigrant falls in love with a flight attendant.
     
     

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Actors: Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Chi McBride, Stanley Tucci, Diego Luna
Director: Steven Spielberg
Creators: Andrew Niccol, Jason Hoffs, Laurie MacDonald, Patricia Whitcher, Jeff Nathanson, Sacha Gervasi
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Sub-Genres: Romantic Comedies, Tom Hanks, Love & Romance
Studio: Dreamworks Video
Format: DVD - Color,Full Screen - Dubbed,Subtitled
DVD Release Date: 11/23/2004
Original Release Date: 06/18/2004
Theatrical Release Date: 06/18/2004
Release Year: 2004
Run Time: 2hr 8min
Screens: Color,Full Screen
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Total Copies: 20
Members Wishing: 0
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Languages: English, French, Russian, French
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
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Member Movie Reviews

K. K. (GAMER)
Reviewed on 1/13/2021...
Tom Hanks and Catherine Zeta-Jones pair well in this intriguing story. If you can get the version of The Terminal with the music CD, I would go with that one since it had some really nice music.
Liz C. (lizzard) from HOLLY HILL, FL
Reviewed on 2/21/2013...
Great movie, will watch it again.
1 of 3 member(s) found this review helpful.
KAT O.
Reviewed on 12/29/2009...
I LOVED THIS MOVIE!
1 of 2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Alesia S. from BETHEL SPGS, TN
Reviewed on 6/8/2009...
This movie was delightful - I thoroughly enjoyed watching the adventures of this very loyal and decent gentleman. I would recommend it anytime.
2 of 3 member(s) found this review helpful.

Movie Reviews

Has its issues, but is irresistably charming and sweet...
M. Burns | Columbus, Ohio | 07/15/2004
(4 out of 5 stars)

"A noted critic is famous for saying that the worst movie the Marx brothers could ever make would still be better than most films out there. That's how director Steven Spielberg is these days - though not at the top of his critical or popular peak, he continues to make movies that - though not shoo-ins for a Top 100 list - are 'good.' Case in point: The Terminal is the worst movie he's made in a decade, and I still had a pretty good time. If anything, The Terminal (like Young Adam with Ewan McGregor) proves that an immensely talented star and American Everyman like Tom Hanks can rise above just about anything and make it worthwhile. His plight as the immigrant stuck in the airport terminal is alternately hilarious, touching, and so incredibly nuanced that you do - believe me on this - forget it's a megastar playing the role. Hanks plays the role with a Chaplinesque grace that compliments everyone around him, especially airport workers Diego Luna, Kumar Pallana, and Zoe Saldana. And the movie works...to a point. What I found most shocking about Terminal is that it really comes apart with the introduction of the plot strand involing Catherine Zeta-Jones' flight attendant. Her Amelia is a schlocky, As the World Turns-inspired piece of character writing that is too often contrived and sappy. And unconvincing at that - quite a feat considering Zeta-Jones is the most beautiful woman on the planet. I don't really know what was going through the minds of writers Sacha Gervasi and Jeff Nathanson when they decided to throw this movie away in its final act. This movie has so much wistful charm it's easy to throw off the 'Amelia situation' and succeed, but the plot spotlight hits her too much near the end; and it gets so sappy. Ebert hails Spielberg as an American director who can make audiences cry without manipulation, but The Terminal becomes too noodging as one act of kindness after another guides the movie to its close. And I admired the film's aim for simplicity in its final tie of the plot strands (yes, this movie turns on a peanut canister), but as the credits rolled, I felt a vague feeling of dissatisfaction (a la A.I.). It's difficult to really judge a movie like this. The charm, heart, and wit displayed in most of it is enough to keep it afloat despite some serious missteps, but let me take a minute and be unfair. This is a director who has helmed some of the most enduring works of American film...so why didn't he notice some the soap opera-ish writing and cheesiness that pops up too often in this film? I look toward the movie's faults more because I know they could have been fixed: Amelia could have been more believable, the movie could have left out some "awww" moments at the end, and it could have trimmed off about 10 minutes. Had The Terminal taken the time to match the perfection of the film's first half, it would have been one of the best movies of the year. I had such a great time for a while, and wanted to follow it to even greater things. Even now, though, it's a warm, engaging little comedy stuck in an overlong melodrama's body. GRADE: B"
Kafka as Kartoon!
Grady Harp | Los Angeles, CA United States | 06/27/2004
(4 out of 5 stars)

"THE TERMINAL is a difficult movie to score - it is a highly entertaining film, very well crafted, with a dazzling set of actors in the leads and comprimario roles, and has a nice take on the microcosm of the airport as the confines of the universe - and for all the feel-good Steven Spielbergisms it engenders, there is still something that makes it not quite score a full five. The set is fantastic and very well used. The line between comedy and absurdity and tragedy is pretty well delineated, but there are a few too many bleeps in the continuity of the tale (and the characters) to overlook.
Tom Hanks proves again that he can create a memorable character as Viktor, a simple man with a mission who finds himself entrapped in JKF airport by an accidental loss of his country to villainous overthrow (beginning to catch the overtones Spielberg drives home?) and is kept 'prisoner' by the upwardly mobile Customs agent Frank Dixon ( played well by Stanley Tucci). At first Viktor speaks no English (tremendously comic scenes of how one reacts to a language that is completely foreign) and so must survive his prolonged stay in the airport by eating free crackers-and-mustard/catsup sandwiches, sleeping in the reconstruction site of the airport, 'bathing' in the restrooms (get it?). Slowly he encounters airport workers who come to his aid by mutual coercion (Gupta - the hilarious Indian custodian played exceptionally well by Kumar Pallana, Enrique who transports food and is lovable in the capable hands of Diego Luna, even the security clerk Torres played by Zoe Saldana and Mulroy played by Chi McBride), survives, suddenly able to speak a LOT of English (though with a delightfully consistent Slavic accent) he falls for a stewardess (Catherine Zeta-Jones) who has spent her life waiting for the right man to come along. The ending looks like it is going to be right out THE MUSIC MAN until the film takes a syrupy turn and ends not with a bang but with a whimper. There is nothing not to like about this warm movie, it is just a little too Hollywood. But all is forgiven if you can just watch it for 1) the performances and 2) for the simple quiet message that we all are dependent on each other in this far too busy, suspicious, and alien world. Good timing, Mr. Spielberg."
Have a heart
Film Fan | NY, NY | 10/31/2004
(4 out of 5 stars)

"Okay---this review goes out to all those who have chosen to severly bad mouth this movie to death. I, like many people understand that some movies can be filled with too much sappy "mush" that it's hard to handle, but I think those who have chosen to be so harsh on this film are doing so somewhat because they have become so accustomed in recent to years to the highly dramatic (i.e. Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan) or the big blockbusters (i.e. Jurassic Park, Minority Report, A.I.) that we have come to expect from Steven Spielberg. If this were any other director's film, say, Nora Ephron, Robert Zemekis or Rob Reiner, then we would be more judging based upon their previous films that are more of this gendre. Can't we all just accept a cute, touching movie as it is? Does it have to have a deep politcal or moral message to it? I for one had a fun time watching it and as always Tom Hanks was his normal, charming self which only goes to show why he's known as the nicest guy in Hollywood. What I also liked about it was that it wasn't the typical Spielberg piece. Personally, I've been growing kind of tired of the stylized directors who always have this particular look to their films that after a while causes you to get tired of going to see them because you know what to expect. Even the score was a surprise, which for John Williams is a big accomplishment, since before Catch Me If You Can has always had the same sound to it. You could literally connect all the scores together back to back and they would all sound like they were from the same film. I think the man literally sleeps with a French horn underneath his pillow. So for all those who have such distaste for this film, I'd lay off the directors that a good amount of the time turn out some wonderful, quality movies and turn your attentions to films that I still can't understand got made (i.e. Kangaroo Jack, A Cinderella Story, The Hulk, Hollywood Homocide, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen)."