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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.
Theatrical Release:Dec 22, 2000 Wide
Box Office: $233,249,446
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... [More]
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A brave film, and a surprisingly absorbing and finally affecting one, partly because it's about that least American of trinities -- silence, solitariness, and the spiritual deepening impossible to achieve without both.
Top CriticA blockbuster with the soul of an art film, Cast Away is an enormously gratifying surprise ending to a generally disappointing year at the movies.
Top CriticCast Away is a sad movie of the sort that Hollywood almost never makes: not three-hankie sad, not 'go have yourself a good cry' sad, but the kind of thing that, if you let it in deep enough, can send a shudder to your very soul.
Top CriticTom 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.
Top CriticEven those who perceived Gump as nothing but a smug affirmation of mealymouthed platitudes, and thus hated it, may well be surprised at the subtleties and emotional depth that Cast Away eventually reaches.
As they did in Forrest Gump, Zemeckis and Hanks go Big Theme hunting. This time their prey eludes them.
Zemeckis does a sturdy, absorbing job with the island and ocean scenes.
First-rate.
At its best, Cast Away, like Titanic, awes us with its sheer oceanic sweep and its cosmic apprehension of human insignificance.
Top CriticIt's easy now to take Hanks' acting for granted, but his work here is astonishing, among the best in his illustrious career. If Cast Away disappoints, it's only because the presumption of excellence is so strong.
On those rare occasions when Hollywood tries, it can still produce great films.
This is something you've got to see even with the flaws.
Add in Chuck's deteriorating hold on sanity -- evinced by the inspired conceit of his relationship with a volleyball on which he's drawn a face -- and you have a long middle section of bravura filmmaking.
As thought-provoking as star-driven blockbuster fare gets.
An exquisite film that gratifies our senses and our emotions.
Top CriticYou will not be bored for a second.
Is nothing less than the best movie of the year.
An unforgettable film.
What a better cinematic palette we would have if stars wielded their clout like this more often."
Cast Away's finest moments consist of Hanks alone with his surroundings.
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