Click here for a video version of this review: https://youtu.be/n9WhSQ8mYPI Tom Hanks is a perennial favourite in our house, and his 2004 movie _The Terminal_ is one that somehow I missed along the way. I’ve now fixed that and it’s time to talk about it. Let’s start with the official description: _Victor Navorski is a man without a country; his plane took off just as a coup d’état exploded in his homeland, leaving it in a shambles, and now he’s stranded at Kennedy Airport, where he’s holding a passport that nobody recognises. While quarantined in the transit lounge until authorities can …
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The Terminal
Overview
An Eastern European tourist unexpectedly finds himself stranded in JFK airport, and must take up temporary residence there.
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Release date
17/06/2004
Votes
8,835
Popularity
14.7
Tom Hanks
Viktor Navorski
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Amelia Warren
Stanley Tucci
Frank Dixon
Chi McBride
Mulroy
Diego Luna
Enrique Cruz
Barry Shabaka Henley
Thurman
Kumar Pallana
Gupta Rajan
Zoe Saldaña
Torres
Eddie Jones
Salchak
Jude Ciccolella
Karl Iverson
Corey Reynolds
Waylin
Guillermo Díaz
Bobby Alima
Rini Bell
Nadia
Stephen Mendel
First Class Steward
Valery Nikolaev
Milodragovich
Michael Nouri
Max
Ana Maria Quintana
Government Inspector
Bob Morrisey
Government Inspector
Sasha Spielberg
Lucy
Susan Slome
Woman with Cart
Mik Scriba
Transportation Liaison
Jim Ishida
Yoshinoya Manager
Carlease Burke
Brookstone Manager
Stephon Fuller
Swatch Manager
Dan Finnerty
Discovery Store Manager
Anastasia Basil
La Perla Employee Julie
Lydia Blanco Garza
Burger King Employee
Joseph Davis
Burger King Employee
Tonya Ivey
Godiva Employee
Kevin Mukherji
Soundworks Dave
John Eddins
CBP Officer
Kenneth Choi
CBP Officer
Cas Anvar
CBP Officer
Conrad Pla
CBP Officer
Danette MacKay
CBP Officer
Ian Finlay
CBP Officer
Janique Kearns
CBP Officer
Eddie Santiago
Man on Phone
Kevin Ryder
Businessman
Dusan Dukic
Young Drug Trafficker
Mark Ivanir
Cab Driver Goran
Matt Holland
Ramada Inn Clerk
Benny Golson
Benny Golson
Buster Williams
Bass
Mike Ledonne
Piano
Carl Allen
Drums
Scott Adsit
Cab Driver
Robert Covarrubias
Janitor
Terry Haig
CBP Inspector
Jeff Michael
Anchor
Dilva Henry
Anchor
Michelle Arthur
Field Reporter
Thinh Truong Nguyen
Passenger
Sandrine Kwan
Passenger
Carl Alacchi
Passenger
Tanya van Blokland
Passenger
Evelyne de la Chenelière
Passenger
Laurie Meghan Phelps
Homeland Security Officer
Ryan Stockstad
Brookstone Employee (uncredited)
Mel Rodriguez
Man in Cast (uncredited)
Nicole Rayburn
Swatch Employee (uncredited)
Antonella Elia
Shoulder with a flowered shirt (uncredited)
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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…
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I may have watched The Terminal a while after it first came out, but I remembered no details, so I took the opportunity o watch it on Netflix recently. Whether or not I watched it before, I may not remember the details very well now either. It is a quiet movie with a slow moving plot. It stands in direct counterpoint to Spielberg’s Schindler’s List, which was slow moving in a way, but it had as a backdrop the murder of millions of people and one man’s character growth towards a time when he would try to save some of those lives. It’s quiet tone is interrupted by spurts of emotional and physica…
Read full review →"The Terminal," starring Tom Hanks as Viktor Navorski, is more than just a heartwarming comedy about a man stuck in an airport. It's a profound exploration of human resilience, fueled by love and an indomitable spirit. The film transcends its comedic elements to reveal a powerful message about the ability of the human spirit to adapt and thrive, even in the most challenging circumstances. Viktor's plight, thrust into a bureaucratic limbo within JFK Airport, becomes a microcosm of the human experience. He is separated from his homeland by political upheaval, facing a future shrouded in uncer…
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