Cast Away
Tom Hanks must transform himself physically and emotionally to survive a crash landing on a deserted island in this Robert Zemeckis classic.
Chuck (Hanks), a top international manager for FedEx, and Kelly (Helen Hunt), a Ph.D. student, are in love and heading towards marriage. But when Chuck's plane to Malaysia crashes into the sea during a heavy storm, he finds himself stranded on a tiny remote island as the incident's lone survivor.
- Director:
- Robert Zemeckis ('Forrest Gump', 'The Walk', 'Back to the Future')
- Writer:
- William Broyles Jr.
- Cast:
- Tom HanksHelen HuntChris NothPaul SanchezLari WhiteLeonid CiterDavid Allen BrooksSemion Sudarikov
Reviews & comments
Vulture
pressHanks's Everyman quality has never been more aptly utilised: He's the perfect stand-in for all of us who never made it to Eagle Scout.
The Washington Post
pressDirector Robert Zemeckis and screenwriter William Broyles Jr. do a great job of keeping the cut-and-dried formula from, well, getting too cut and dried.
The New York Times
pressAt its best, Cast Away, like Titanic, awes us with its sheer oceanic sweep and its cosmic apprehension of human insignificance.
Rolling Stone
pressHanks conducts a master class in acting by showing a man losing his sense of himself in fractional gradations.
Roger Ebert
pressTom Hanks does a superb job of carrying Cast Away all by himself for about two-thirds of its running time, but isn't much helped by additional characters in the opening and closing sequences.
New York Post
pressA blockbuster with the soul of an art film, Cast Away is an enormously gratifying surprise ending to a generally disappointing year at the movies.
Vulture
pressHanks's Everyman quality has never been more aptly utilised: He's the perfect stand-in for all of us who never made it to Eagle Scout.
The Washington Post
pressDirector Robert Zemeckis and screenwriter William Broyles Jr. do a great job of keeping the cut-and-dried formula from, well, getting too cut and dried.
The New York Times
pressAt its best, Cast Away, like Titanic, awes us with its sheer oceanic sweep and its cosmic apprehension of human insignificance.
Rolling Stone
pressHanks conducts a master class in acting by showing a man losing his sense of himself in fractional gradations.
Roger Ebert
pressTom Hanks does a superb job of carrying Cast Away all by himself for about two-thirds of its running time, but isn't much helped by additional characters in the opening and closing sequences.
New York Post
pressA blockbuster with the soul of an art film, Cast Away is an enormously gratifying surprise ending to a generally disappointing year at the movies.
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