![]() ![]() ![]() Despite Hanks' innate likability (he's working his Forrest Gump innocence to the back row here), one can't help but feel that he's miscast. Subtlety is not the name of the game here, from its director's choice to frame everything in the most sentimental way possible, to its star's broad, verging-on-ridiculous accent. Steven Spielberg's Frank Capra-esque impulses are laid on too thick in this "inspired by a true story" tale of an Eastern European man forced through bureaucracy to live at New York's JFK airport for nearly a year. Not only is this 2004 schmaltz-fest the most forgettable collaboration between Spielberg and Hanks, but it ranks as one of the lesser efforts in their individual filmographies as well (though still quite good in comparison to a number of other films). Not long after, the pair joined forces for one of the masterpieces of the war genre, Saving Private Ryan. The Extra-Terrestrial and Raiders of the Lost Ark. Interestingly enough, both achieved perceived artistic legitimacy around the same time, with the director's 1992 Oscar win for Schindler's List and the movie star's back-to-back Best Actor wins in 19 for Philadelphia and Forrest Gump. Hanks' film breakout came with 1984's Splash, Spielberg's with 1975's Jaws. While Hanks was proving a reliable presence in various studio comedies, Spielberg was breaking the mold of the blockbuster with smash successes like E.T. Hanks and Spielberg both began their careers with more crowd-pleasing genre fare. ![]() However, starting in 1998 a collaboration began between one of Hollywood's biggest directors and one of its biggest stars that continues to this day. Tom Hanksand Steven Spielberg represent one of Hollywood's most inimitable creative dream teams, but how do their films rank from worst to best? Martin Scorsese has Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio, John Ford had John Wayne. ![]()
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