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The movie is about a young foreigner who lands at JFK Airport in New York and gets held there by some bogus bureaucratic red tape and then must take up temporary residence there. But he makes the best of it.
A feel-good film of such originality and sweetness in a summer of otherwise derivative sequels and remakes that it practically qualifies for miracle status.
This is the first time in my life I wanted to spend more time in an airport terminal, and Spielberg is just such a brilliant filmmaker; the things he does with light and with motion and some amazing tracking shots.
June 21, 2004
www.kcactive.com
The Terminal's conclusion was as awkward and aloof as O'Hare Airport in December.
It's an odd fable: Viktor is the mysterious visitor who shows us what the American Dream is all about-in the movie's terms, compassion for others -- without ever wanting to become an American himself.