Sometimes, even Tom Hanks can not save a movie. This is one of those times. It's not his fault. If only the script matched up to the location shooting, this would be a great picture. Unfortunately, that is where this film falls woefully short.
The story is about a presentation of a hologram product by a Boston company to the king of Saudi Arabia. It is really strangely void of any plot or drama until the latter part of the film where a romance between Hanks and a Saudi woman doctor is kind of thrown in to put some movement into the film.
There are some hints of information about cultural differences that exist in Saudi Arabia, but those references are few and not enough. It made me ask why they could not have made the script better by finding more of these. A Tom Hanks fan who watched the movie with me said "Yes, even Tom Hanks can make boring films." In this case, that sums this movie up accurately.
The story is about a presentation of a hologram product by a Boston company to the king of Saudi Arabia. It is really strangely void of any plot or drama until the latter part of the film where a romance between Hanks and a Saudi woman doctor is kind of thrown in to put some movement into the film.
There are some hints of information about cultural differences that exist in Saudi Arabia, but those references are few and not enough. It made me ask why they could not have made the script better by finding more of these. A Tom Hanks fan who watched the movie with me said "Yes, even Tom Hanks can make boring films." In this case, that sums this movie up accurately.