Movie 🎥 Review: “The Terminal - 2004". Critics gave it a 61% the users an 73%. Rated: PG 13 with a running time of 2hrs and 8mins with an IMDb of 7.3/10. Cast: Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Stanley Tucci, Chi McBride,  Diego Luna,  Barry Shabaka Henley,  Kumar Pallana,  Gupta Rajan and Zoë Saldana.

When Viktor Navorski (Tom Hanks), an Eastern European tourist, arrives at JFK in New York, war breaks out in his country and he finds himself caught up in international politics. Because of the war, the Department of Homeland Security won't let him enter or exit the United States. He's trapped at JFK -- indefinitely. While living at the airport, Viktor falls for a flight attendant (Catherine Zeta-Jones). She may have feelings for him too. But what good is love if Viktor can't leave the terminal?

The film is partially inspired by the 18-year stay of Mehran Karimi Nasseri in Terminal 1 of Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport, France, from 1988 to 2006. After finishing his previous film Catch Me If You Can, Spielberg decided to direct The Terminal because he wanted to make another film "that could make us laugh and cry and feel good about the world". Due to a lack of suitable airports willing to provide their facilities for the production, an entire working set was built inside a large hangar at the LA/Palmdale Regional Airport, while most of the film's exterior shots were from the Montréal–Mirabel International Airport. The film was released in North America on June 18, 2004 to general acclaim and commercial success, earning $77.9 million in domestic grosses and $219.4 million worldwide.

First off I understand that this is an old movie (2004), however its a real crowd-pleaser and an entertaining film about humanity and heart with excellent performances and competent directing from Spielberg. Me personally I love almost everything Spielberg does, and Spielberg manages, through “The Terminal” to create a sense of something that all comedies lack: humanity, and through its humanity, comedy that is all so amusing and likable (laughed out-loud).

Spielberg creates films with human characters that people can love and or feel sorry for in the process. Viktor Navorski is now a man without a country after his beloved country of Krakozhia engages in a coup and war breaks loose. His passport, visa, and anything else he owns are now deemed basically useless. The problem is he can not step foot in America, and he can not go back home, so now he’s marooned in the airport.

I’ve watched this movie more times than I can count and still find it endearing with a great moral at the end.

I did this review so for those of you that haven’t seen this movie, I highly recommend you take the time to watch it. It is a great “feel good movie” with that special Spielberg touch!