writer-director wisely accentuates the allegorical story's absurdist slant. He translates the clear-cut prose into strong visuals, while the perfectly cast Tom Hanks delivers a poignant turn as a man facing his own obsolescence
it's pure Harlequin fantasy... but then, an exotic fantasy is basically what "A Hologram For The King" is, something no amount of Tom Hanks's conviction can hide