Language: English
Genre: Drama
Cast: Tom Hanks and Catherine Zeta-Jones
Director: Steven Spielberg
Reasons to Watch: Extremely simple tale, Cute performances and a warm love story
Reasons not to: No flamboyant experiments by Spielberg who lets the simplicity call the shots
Storyline: Viktor Navorski (Tom Hanks) has just arrived from Krakozhia in JFK Airport, and is told that the USA doesn’t recognize his country owing to recent coup there and volatile political situations. So he is left stranded on the airport, between a scheming administrator Frank Dixon (Stanley Tucci) and a flight attendant Amelia Warren (Catherine Zeta-Jones). How he survives, without the knowledge of English, making the airport his home, and helping people on the way and whether he makes it back to his country is what this story of the human spirit all about.
Climax Handling: There is no climax in the true sense of the word and the story eases into an end leaving you emotionally moved.
Points: A simplistic tale delving into the goodness of human spirit, how this surpasses language and culture. Also the importance of honour, beauty, meaning and sacrifice in life.
Overall Rating: 9/10
Comment: One of Tom Hanks’ sweetest performances and Catherine Zeta-Jones in a stunningly simple avatar, The Terminal might just leave tears in your eyes.
