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Created Aug 22, 2010 09:34AM PST • Edited Aug 22, 2010 09:34AM PST

1. Quality

2. Summary

   Very Good 3.5

   A man newly without a country – procedurally trapped in the international transfer lounge at JFK. The possibilities for where to take a story like this are endless, and this movie takes advantage of all Tom Hanks has to offer. A clueless foreign national needing to learn how to survive inside JFK…. The zany circumstances and quirky personalities make this movie very engaging and it provides a smile-on-your-face experience,. Thumbs up!

4. Acting

   Really Great 4.5

   Tom Hanks is simply amazing. He can pull off talking like a Russian expatriate, generating toung-in-cheek humor, and enticing the beauty (Catherine Zeta Jones), all without appearing fake or forced. Stanley Tucci is also in a role made for him as the neurotic airport security director. The rest of the cast is great as well.

5. Male Stars Really Great 4.5

6. Female Stars Really Great 4.5

7. Female Costars Really Great 4.5

8. Male Costars Really Great 4.5

10. Film

    Very Good 3.5

    Speilberg calls upon his go-to guy Hanks once again. A much different movie than ‘Saving Private Ryan’, Speilberg knows exactly how to play on Hanks’ strengths and this movie shows it in spades.

11. Direction Very Good 3.5

12. Play Very Good 3.5

13. Music Very Good 3.5

14. Visuals Very Good 3.5
15. Content

16. Edge

    Tame 1.0

17. Sex Innocent 1.0

18. Violence Gentle 1.0

19. Rudeness Polite 1.0

21. Reality

    Glib 2.0

22. Circumstantial Glib 2.0

23. Biological Glib 2.0

24. Physical Glib 2.0