The Terminal (2004)

The Terminal rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.4/10· 532K votes

Rotten Tomatoes61%

Metacritic55%

TMDb7.353/10· 9K votes

With 61% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.4/10 on IMDb and 55/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.

About The Terminal

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

Cast of The Terminal

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  Tom Hanks

  as Viktor Navorski

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  Catherine Zeta-Jones

  as Amelia Warren

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  Stanley Tucci

  as Frank Dixon

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  Chi McBride

  as Mulroy

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  Diego Luna

  as Enrique Cruz

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  Barry Shabaka Henley

  as Thurman

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  Kumar Pallana

  as Gupta Rajan

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  Zoe Saldaña

  as Torres

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  Eddie Jones

  as Salchak

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  Jude Ciccolella

  as Karl Iverson

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  Corey Reynolds

  as Waylin

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  Guillermo Díaz

  as Bobby Alima

The Terminal facts

Budget

$60M

Box office

$219.4M

Our take on The Terminal

Steven Spielberg spins a small, humane premise into a warm 2004 comedy-drama: an Eastern European traveler lands at JFK only to find himself stranded in the terminal, unable to enter the country or go home, and forced to make the airport his temporary residence. From that confined stage, the film builds an unlikely community out of gate agents, cleaners and passersby, mining gentle humor and quiet feeling from bureaucratic limbo. It suits viewers who like character-driven, sentimental storytelling over plot mechanics, and who enjoy watching dignity and improvisation win out against red tape. A cozy, unhurried watch with an old-fashioned belief in ordinary decency.