What builds out from there is one man having an extraordinary effect on a group of people who never even knew he existed. Spielberg’s film deftly told a tale about the immediate prejudice towards immigrants.

| Dec 29, 2024

While the performances are appealing, Spielberg relies too heavily on the airport-terminal-as-microcosm-of-society angle and the saccharine sentimentality gets piled on as the credibility decreases.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 12, 2024

Although it is way too idealistic, The Terminal works because the characters’ idiosyncrasies are still relevant today. The script conveys that universal bond immigrants form between each other, given their social status in a foreign country.

| Jul 22, 2023

... an impossibly romantic portrait of an immigration nightmare that becomes an irresistible fantasy thanks to the grace and compassion of Spielbergs direction.

| Mar 12, 2022

The Terminal may not be the top of the line for filmmaker Steven Spielberg but the film still makes for compelling material when viewing.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 8, 2021

Spielberg's visual translation of the script is exposed as a soulless set of scenes without personality that, frankly, could have been shot by any filmmaker with the same result. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Aug 31, 2019

A jaunty and charming comedy .

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 5, 2019

Spielberg turns the sublime into the banal, at times taking it to the verge of ridiculous.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 7, 2019

The Terminal manages to amuse, entertain, and inspire.

| Feb 7, 2018

Spielberg was able to make a post-9/11 film about a foreigner in an American airport without getting on a soap box about terrorism or airport anxiety

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 17, 2016

Lovely and well worth sharing with your family.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 29, 2010

A crowd-pleasing and entertaining film about humanity and heart with excellent performances and competent directing from Spielberg.

| Apr 29, 2009

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 20, 2008

| Original Score: 2/4 | Dec 27, 2007

Amiable if rather toothless fable.

| Original Score: C | Sep 23, 2007

A great filmmaker doing minor work.

| May 26, 2006

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 6, 2005

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 6, 2005

The Terminal's conclusion was as awkward and aloof as O'Hare Airport in December.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 25, 2005

It's the type of movie that would easily entertain any viewer.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jul 25, 2005