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. I really love what they did with him being foreign and trap in an American airport, but being hard-working and intelligent. I should be able to recommend this just based on "Tom Hanks trapped in an airport", especially given how popular "Cast Away" was. Great watch, will likely watch again, and do recommend. Drawing on a amazingly fine performance from Hanks, and a supporting cast who provide plenty of laughs, Spielberg handles some delicate subject matter with an acute sensitivity, providing a heartfelt tale in the process.
Director Steven Spielberg uses the airport setting of "the terminal" to represent a microcosmic view of the immigrant experience in American society. But airport denizens such as customs chief Frank Dixon (Stanley Tucci), who is a constant thorn in the man's side, remind him of his outsider status throughout the ordeal. As time passes he becomes more comfortable with his surroundings, even finding time to pursue a passing stewardess, Amelia (Catherine Zeta-Jones), who has captured his heart. Fortunately he has a resourceful nature, and makes money for food by returning baggage carts. With little money to his name, he has to quickly shed his feelings of displacement, confusion, and alienation to survive. Barely able to speak English, the is offered a sanctuary of sorts by kindly staff who allow him to freely inhabit the airport. This effectively renders his passport null and void, meaning he cannot legally enter America, nor return to his now nonexistent home. Unbeknownst to the gentleman, his country, he falls prey to a military coup while he was in flight, causing it to be wiped completely from the map. A man " Tom Hanks" falls into a bureaucratic crack in the system when his plane lands at New York's JFK airport from the fictitious country.
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