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Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

So much average

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Take Hanks out and it would really struggle. Not that Tom is great, he's just doing his thing, like likeable character that's having a rough ride but making the best of it. Good old Tom. He plays an American businessman, a salesman who tasted success, but it's years behind him. Now he's in Saudi Arabia trying to rekindle his career, but floundering in a country that doesn't work the way he's used to. It's a battle and you root for Tom... even if it's not always clear what he's fighting for. It's all a little bit dreamlike and needlessly confusing. That said, its jumbled nature makes it oddly endearing. It twists and twists and twists, falls a bit flat, then gets up again. Does this review make any sense? No? Good! Bang on with the film.

I just don't know what it is but something really made "A Hologram for the King" a very boring and even unwatchable movie, what I would never assume when you have Tom Hanks as the protagonist. The story they were about to tell, about the injustice in countries like Saudi Arabia is an interesting point, but the movie ended up having completely no clear structure, excitement or investing plot. There was seriously nothing compelling or gripping about it. One of the worst movies in 2016 for sure: 2/10

One of the worst movies I've ever seen. I felt so uncomfortable and even confused. Was I meant to care about this man? What might have been an interesting concept of culture clash and understanding was a disjointed piece of junk. So Americans and Europeans value alcohol and sex so much they're willing to break a country's laws and customs--but don't worry because there are cool Saudi Muslims there who wear weird clothes and speak funny--but hey! They like drinking booze, having casual sex, and cussing too! Aren't we all so similar?! Yeah! Either you're a frigging' loser or a frigging' jerk, see? It's a small world.

The only reason I chose to watch this was because it featured Tom Hanks and I needed to fill an hour and a half while on the treadmill. The plot is boring beyond belief. If this movie has any purpose at all, it is merely to show how stupid westerners can be when traveling to vastly different cultures. It's hard to feel sorry for Americans who get captured while hiking in Iran because they thought it would be cool, or an American dimwit student who steals a poster in North Korea and gets sentenced to 15 years at hard labor. Similarly, it was hard for me to feel sorry for Hanks' character, who must have experienced 20 such moments in this film. Other than these lessons, I don't think the film had any redeeming qualities, and it certainly was not funny at all.