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Terminal, The (2004)

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Release Date: June 18, 2004
On DVD: November 23, 2004
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Running Time: 128 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for brief language and drug references.
Director: Steven Spielberg
Writer: Sacha Gervasi, Jeff Nathanson
Cast: Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Chi McBride, Stanley Tucci, Diego Luna, Zoe Saldana

An immigrant finds himself stranded in a busy New York airport terminal when his small Eastern European country is basically erased by war, thus invalidating his passport. Nevertheless, he makes the best of it, essentially adopting the terminal as his home, befriending the staff and even falling in love with one of the flight attendants. Read more

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Grade: B+ Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, two of the most powerful men in Hollywood, team up for their third venture in The Terminal, a movie that proves a story set entirely in a single airport terminal can actually be entertaining. Read the full movie review

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A Great Film, by Nathan

July 7, 2004

Although I am hopeful that Steven Spielberg will soon make another oscar-worthy film, I am very happy to say that the Terminal is one of the best films so far this year. It will more than likely not get any notice come award time, but it should get notice as another strong film from Spielberg as well as from Hanks. Tom Hanks is one of the best actors of our time and his performance and accent in this film live up to this status. The movie is very funny and there is a lot of chemistry between the different characters. This movie makes a seemingly limited concept evolve into something that can sustain a high level of entertainment throughout using a series of interesting storylines and characters that the audience can relate to.

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