hanks found admiration for dante's directorial style, saying "joe has a stylized, visionary way of looking at the entire movie. it's pure film-making – the story is told from the camera's point of view, and that's a type of movie i haven't made." dante, in turn, praised his star. "the most impressive thing about tom hanks as a comic actor is how effortless he makes it seem. he actually is very diligent about his acting, but his comic sense of what is going to work – and what isn't – is really unparalleled."