Picture any other actor in this virtually one-man show and ask yourself if you'd be interested in spending two hours alone with him on an island.
Cast Away (2000)
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Reviews Counted:150
Fresh:134
Rotten:16
Average Rating:7.3/10
Consensus: Critics say that by focusing on one man in one setting, Cast Away takes considerable risks, but ultimately it succeeds. Tom Hanks is excellent in the role, and the movie's themes make it larger than a simple physical survivor story.
Runtime: 2 hrs 23 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis:
Hanks stars as Chuck Noland, a FedEx systems engineer whose personal and professional life are ruled by the clock. His fast-paced career takes him, often at a moment's notice, to far-flung locales...
Hanks stars as Chuck Noland, a FedEx systems engineer whose personal and professional life are ruled by the clock. His fast-paced career takes him, often at a moment's notice, to far-flung locales -- and away from his girlfriend Kelly, played by Helen Hunt.
Chuck's manic existence abruptly ends when, after a plane crash, he becomes isolated on a remote island -- cast away into the most desolate environment imaginable. Stripped of the conveniences of everyday life, he first must meet the basic needs of survival, including water, food and shelter. Chuck, the consummate problem solver, eventually figures out how to sustain himself physically. But then what? Chuck begins his true personal journey.
After four years, fate gives Chuck a chance to fight his way back to civilization, only to find an unexpected emotional challenge greater than all the earlier physical ones. His ability to persevere and to hope are a product of his life-changing experience. Though the conclusion of Chuck's story may not be a conventional Hollywood ending, it is, like life, full of truth, pain and promise. -- © 2000 20th Century Fox
Starring: Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, Nick Searcy, Lari White
Starring: Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, Nick Searcy, Lari White, Chris Noth, Viveka Davis, Valerie Wildman
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Screenwriter: William Broyles
Producer: Steve Starkey, Jack Rapke, Robert Zemeckis, Tom Hanks
Composer: Alan Silvestri
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Reviews for Cast Away
Come to this film with an open mind, and enjoy its compelling mood, its exotic, deadly danger-in-beauty-of-nature setting and Tom Hanks’ riveting performance.
... fascinating, moving, full of meaning and well worth investing 143 minutes of your life.
An interesting and courageous experiment....[but] risk-taking in itself does not guarantee a great film
Quite entertaining, and well worth seeing, if only for Hanks' sensational performance.
While Hanks' performance is masterful in this tale of survival, the movie runs out of steam, and direction, at the end.
Cast Away is worth your while long before you reach the anti-climactic ending.
Something we've long suspected turns out to be true: You really could put Tom Hanks on a desert island, film it, and wind up with an entertaining movie.
Cast Away has the smooth, steady, luxury-car elegance of an outing shaped by people at the top of their craft.
Tom Hanks stands three coconuts above the CBS whiners and gives an astounding performance as a modern-day Robinson Crusoe.
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.
Cast Away amounts to little more than an unprecedented showcase for its star.
Cast Away is, in many ways, a bold, adventurous bid for Oscardom. Unfortunately, what it delivers for audiences, as opposed to Oscar voters, is a little questionable.
Dig deep and you'll find a film that's even richer than what its handsome surface seems to reveal.
This second section is a masterpiece of filmmaking and a tour de force of acting.
The producers of Survivor only wish they could come up with a story as compelling and ultimately human as Cast Away.
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