Life is waiting : The Terminal

The Terminal is a 2004 American comedy-drama film co-produced and directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Stanley Tucci. The film is about an Eastern European man who becomes stuck in New York's John F. Kennedy Airport terminal when he is denied entry into the United States and at the same time cannot return to his native country because of a military coup.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.

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 epic combo of Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, I bet you won’t find anything better than that. This combo in here is hell bend on making us cry. It is trying to run down a realistic story in the most realistic way possible. After some point in the movie you will forget that Tom Hanks is an American. Each scenes from the movie clearly draw out the directional brilliance of Spielberg. It has got real good drama, comedy and out standing music. The simplicity in the way of story telling and the way the natural flow of the movie is maintained till the end, is astonishing.

Release date : June 18, 2004

Running time : 128 minutes

Director: Steven Spielberg

Pros : Direction, Acting, Story, Music, Camera

Cons : You might wonder if a person can be this nice as the lead character

Trailer : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS4fVUxY2R8

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