Cast Away (2000)
A young obsessive FedEx executive got stuck by accident on an island in the course of duty and he must learn to survive with just little resources at his reach
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December 07, 2009
Remains one of the more vividly transporting films I've come into contact with. It's heartbreaking, darkly comedic, bravely observational, and ultimately, pure emotional poetry.
April 29, 2009
A gripping survival drama and one of my favorites of 2000.
August 07, 2008
The beginning and ending of the film are a bit underdeveloped, but that's just quibbling.
December 22, 2010
Tom Hanks' powerful, brutal and mature story.
June 04, 2001
Hanks conducts a master class in acting by showing a man losing his sense of himself in fractional gradations.
May 16, 2012
one-man show
December 22, 2000
The scenes of Hanks' complete isolation on the island, where barely a sound is heard for minutes at a time, are the best thing about Cast Away.
September 26, 2002
Hanks's Everyman quality has never been more aptly utilized: He's the perfect stand-in for all of us who never made it to Eagle Scout.
September 25, 2010
As melancholy as it is affirming, "Cast Away" tells a darkly comic, occasionally punishing parable about what happens when humans lose sight of humility in life's grand scheme - an interesting thematic twin to Tom Hanks' own "Joe vs. the Volcano."
March 19, 2002
Cast Away isn't the first to recognize our modern need for primal tales, but it is among the most accomplished. It plugs straight into our unplugged fantasies.
December 22, 2000
Cast Away amounts to little more than an unprecedented showcase for its star.
June 24, 2006
Though Hanks comes across as blandly as ever, at least his solid performance shows he's up to carrying half a movie on his own, and Zemeckis' direction is at first as busily efficient as the protagonist.
