The Terminal

2004

PG-13

2h 8m

IMDb RATING

7.3/10

8.2K

YOUR RATING

Rate

POPULARITY

Play trailer

1 Video

99+ Images

Comedy

Drama

An Eastern European tourist unexpectedly finds himself stranded in JFK airport, and must take up temporary residence there.

Directors

Steven Spielberg

Writers

Sacha Gervasi(screenplay by)

Jeff Nathanson(screenplay by)

Sacha Gervasi(story by)

Stars

Tom Hanks

Catherine Zeta-Jones

Stanley Tucci

See production, box office & company info

Top cast

Viktor Navorski

Amelia Warren

Frank Dixon

Mulroy

Enrique Cruz

Thurman

Gupta Rajan

Dolores Torres

Salchak

Karl Iverson

Waylin

Bobby Alima

Nadia

Steward First Class

Milodragovich

Max

Government Inspector

Government Inspector

Directors

Steven Spielberg

Writers

Sacha Gervasi(screenplay by)

Jeff Nathanson(screenplay by)

Sacha Gervasi(story by)

All cast & crew

Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

Great watch, will likely watch again, and do recommend. I should be able to recommend this just based on "Tom Hanks trapped in an airport", especially given how popular "Cast Away" was. I really love what they did with him being foreign and trap in an American airport, but being hard-working and intelligent. I'm sure there is a "Larry the Cable Guy" version of this movie when it's a useless American trapped in another country that would be much funnier, but clearly a worse movie. The progression of Hanks' character is wonderful, and while there are definitely components of this being a romantic movie, it is refreshing to see a movie that can hold the character's romantic motivations in parallel to the story's motivations and allow them to both be and be separate. Stanley Tucci also does a great job, though its as a very unnecessary villain. Yes, it's a guy doing his job, but the character is oddly motivated for someone trying to score a promotion: something they specifically point out in the movie. My point is that not only it is a well-made, well-performed movie, but it manages to be something larger and highlights problems with us a humans, society and bureaucracy.

Kamurai19 Jun, 2021