The Terminal: Critic Reviews

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MovieWeb: 5 reviews

60%

RottenTomatoes: 203 reviews

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Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly (Top Critic)

50

Spielberg has crafted the film with a proficiency as seamless, and impersonal, as the setting, and you may feel, after a while, that you're longing for your departure time.
Full Review » 8 years ago
A.O. Scott New York Times (Top Critic)

60

Rarely have I been so acutely aware of a movie's softness and sentimentality, and rarely have I minded less.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Claudia Puig USA Today (Top Critic)

75

If moviegoers suspend their disbelief -- easy enough thanks to the diverse and talented cast, as well as Spielberg's capable direction -- they're bound to enjoy this cinematic fantasy.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Desson Thomson Washington Post (Top Critic)

Delicately funny and inventive.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Stephen Hunter Washington Post (Top Critic)

Discordant, unsatisfying, sometimes emotionally incoherent.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Ty Burr Boston Globe (Top Critic)

75

Like so many of Spielberg's films, it's the dream of a brilliant child, and a lovely place to tarry before returning to adulthood.
Full Review » 8 years ago
J. Hoberman Village Voice (Top Critic)

Relentlessly behaviorist, the filmmaker seldom fails to pat the puppy and, applying John Williams's melodic treacle, woo the viewer with cheap sentiment.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Jami Bernard New York Daily News (Top Critic)

50

Feels disingenuous and dogmatic.
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Eric Harrison Houston Chronicle (Top Critic)

67

Unavoidably funny and touching enough that we can ignore its weaknesses.
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Philip Wuntch Dallas Morning News (Top Critic)

84

A joyous movie.
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Lisa Kennedy Denver Post (Top Critic)

75

In Viktor, Hanks finds a character worthy of his gifts.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Peter Rainer New York Magazine (Top Critic)

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.
Full Review » 8 years ago
David Denby New Yorker (Top Critic)

Even in the desolation of an airport lounge at midnight, Viktor is too pure, we realize, to entertain the ghost of a dirty thought.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)

88

A sweet and delicate comedy.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Michael Wilmington Chicago Tribune (Top Critic)

88

An unabashed romantic comedy and Capraesque fable that takes Spielberg into realms he's rarely traveled before.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Steven Rea Philadelphia Inquirer (Top Critic)

63

An uneven mix of comedy and pathos.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Jeff Strickler Minneapolis Star Tribune (Top Critic)

75

A fairly small, surprisingly intimate movie.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Tom Long Detroit News (Top Critic)

59

This may not be a great movie, but it may prove a great feel-good balm to many.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Bill Muller Arizona Republic (Top Critic)

60

Everything about this movie feels forced.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Andrew Sarris New York Observer (Top Critic)

The concept was there; the production abilities were there. It's the execution that fell apart.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Rex Reed New York Observer (Top Critic)

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.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Scott Foundas Variety (Top Critic)

Spielberg does not appear to take himself or the material too seriously, and his steadfast refusal to see the proverbial glass as less than half-full is more inspiring than cloying.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Jonathan Foreman New York Post (Top Critic)

75

A gentle alternative to noisy kid-oriented action flicks, raucous comedies and the agitprop of Fahrenheit 9/11.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Roger Moore Orlando Sentinel (Top Critic)

60

It's not bad so much as empty, self-satisfied and cute.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Peter Howell Toronto Star (Top Critic)

60

The small joys it has to offer are wholly dependent on the willingness of the audience to indulge in the proverbial suspension of disbelief. And believe me, much indulging is necessary.
Full Review » 8 years ago