Movie Reviews - The Terminal:

In the wake of terrible reviews, The Terminal deserves a certain amount of credit, regardless of its inevitable categorical flaw as a bad romance movie. In this case, unique to the history inextricably associated with it, the bad romance part is luckily imbued with enough political context to save at least a star or two out of its horrible 2 star ratings across the board.

Beyond the romance, The Terminal is yet another post-9/11 cinematic collage of American ideals, cleverly displayed through every possible unamerican aspect of American society. In effect, it stretches our notion of the 'melting pot' - and exactly how international the word "American" has come to represent.

The touch of genius was probably the set - the international terminal. The Terminal, by nature, represents the most international part of the U.S - neither foreign nor American soil. Seems to me as though Spielberg was trying to stretch our definition of "American".

Or maybe it's just a bad romance movie.