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Cast Away (2000)

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Reviews Counted:151

Fresh:135

Rotten:16

Average Rating:7.4/10

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.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] intense action sequences and some disturbing images

Runtime: 2 hrs 23 mins

Genre: Dramas

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... 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 [More]

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

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  • English: DTS 5.1 HD Dolby Surround

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Cast Away's finest moments consist of Hanks alone with his surroundings.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
12/21/00
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

Worth the trip.

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12/21/00
Sean Means
Sean Means
Film.com
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Under the direction of Forest Gump director Robert Zemeckis, Hanks performance is marvelous.

Full Review Source: Talking Pictures (U.S.) | comment Comment
12/21/00
Tony Toscano
Tony Toscano
Talking Pictures (U.S.)

Director 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.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
12/21/00
Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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Although Cast Away is very much Hanks's extreme everyman solo, his inanimate Man Friday deserves recognition as one of the year's best supporting actors.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
12/21/00
J. Hoberman
J. Hoberman
Village Voice
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The choppy narrative makes Chuck's ordeal seem more brief than it is. As shown, it's merely the world's worst layover.

Full Review Source: Orlando Weekly | comment Comment
12/21/00
Steve Schneider
Steve Schneider
Orlando Weekly

For a critic quite prepared to dismiss the movie as Robinson Blew So, this comes as the season's most delightful surprise.

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12/21/00
Gregory Weinkauf
Gregory Weinkauf
New Times

Hanks turns in an Oscar-worthy performance yet again.

Full Review Source: Mr. Showbiz | comment Comment
12/21/00
Lawrence Terenzi
Lawrence Terenzi
Mr. Showbiz

A handsomely made, instructive but finally tedious blow-by-blow training film on island survival that it throws the entire venture out of balance, capsizing the enterprise and making it difficult to keep any kind of message afloat.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment 1 Comment
12/21/00
Kenneth Turan
Kenneth Turan
Los Angeles Times
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Cast Away is an adventure movie of extraordinary simplicity and power.

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12/21/00
Michael Wilmington
Michael Wilmington
Chicago Tribune
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A tour de force, a courageous and surprisingly un-self-indulgent exercise in pared-down acting that makes Hanks, yet again, a likely Oscar contender.

Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | comment Comment
12/21/00
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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A model of restrained storytelling that's studded with a series of pure emotional peaks.

Full Review Source: culturevulture.net | comment Comment
12/20/00
Tom Block
Tom Block
culturevulture.net

Pulls the audience in with sure-footed storytelling and a commendable performance by Hanks in a very demanding role.

Full Review Source: SPLICEDWire | comment Comment
12/20/00
Rob Blackwelder
Rob Blackwelder
SPLICEDWire

A film brimming over-the-top with realism and features one of our most treasured (and likable) actors, Tom Hanks, in an incredible, virtually silent performance as a survivor.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
12/19/00
Erik Childress
Erik Childress
eFilmCritic.com

One thing is bound to come out of Cast Away -- a deserved best actor nomination for Hanks.

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
12/19/00
Robin Clifford
Robin Clifford
Reeling Reviews

Has all the hallmarks of a great motion picture: well-developed characters, solid drama, non-traditional adventure, and an intelligent script.

Full Review Source: ReelViews | comment Comment
12/18/00
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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Unusual and remarkable.

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12/18/00
Harvey S. Karten
Harvey S. Karten
Compuserve

A heavy-handed Hymn to the Human Spirit, and a pretty joyless one at that.

Full Review Source: One Guy's Opinion | comment 1 Comment
12/18/00
Frank Swietek
Frank Swietek
One Guy's Opinion

It was the tail of the tale, the last 25 minutes, that left me marooned.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Report Card | comment Comment
12/18/00
Ross Anthony
Ross Anthony
Hollywood Report Card

Hanks has little besides his body at his disposal, and the actor still creates one of the most poignant and tragic characters ever committed to celluloid.

Full Review Source: Matinee Magazine | comment Comment
12/18/00
Chuck Rudolph
Chuck Rudolph
Matinee Magazine
 
 
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