Tom Hanks is in this film !
Catherine Zeta-Jones is hardly in this film (but Tom Hanks is !). She's
probably only got about 20 minutes total screen time which is a shame
because she's looking rather good these days. She's still an annoying bint but you just put your fingers in your ears.
So Hollywood has taken a true story and given it the Spielberg makeover (Tom Hanks is in it !). A guy from a non-existent former Russian republic lands in America only to be detained by customs because there was a coup in his country whilst he was in the air and his passport is no longer valid. Cue lots of hilarious (!) misunderstandings and scenarios where everything goes wrong for the guy (played by Tom Hanks !), he learns to speak English (I speak English. I learn it from a book !), gets a job, is adopted and looked after by airport staff, and falls in love with Catherine Zeta-Jones.
But of course it wouldn't be story without a dastardly villain waiting to thwart every move and this comes in the form of Stanley Tucci, the soon-to-be promoted head of immigration. Instead of doing anything at all to help the guy (Tom Hanks !), and I do mean ANYTHING, he tries to get him to leave the airport by various means (attempting to starve him by cutting off his money-making scheme of returning luggage trolleys) so he can arrest him and deport him even though he (Tom Hanks !) has done nothing wrong. I could actually believe American authorities would behave this way which is the sad thing, detaining a guy for bureaucratic reasons for 9 months.
Still, this is Hollywood and we all know he's going to be allowed to leave eventually. And so he does but in a shock-horror break with tradition, he doesn't get the girl. You shameless hussy Catherine Zeta-Jones ! Don't you know he's Tom Hanks ?! Or is he maybe just a little young for you ?
Did I mention Tom Hanks was in this film ?!
(I like exclamation marks btw.)