Cast Away

Pros: good acting, touching, great ending
Cons: lack of character development, lack of focus

First off, let me say that this was a tough movie to pull off. Tom Hanks is alone without any human characters to talk to for over an hour. I cannot recall any other movie where an actor is alone for such a long part of the movie. In that time, he...

Pros: The set is breath-taking
Cons: At nearly 3 1/2 hours, there is a lot of nothing in the middle

I have not been a big fan of Tom Hanks for quite a long time. I liked Forrest Gump, but since then I think that he is over-rated, and should go back to Joe vs the Volcano or The Burbs. I didn't believe all the hype that he gets every year come Oscar...

Pros: for a variety of people
Cons: long, not a good ending

I went to see this movie with a few friends. We were debating on this one and Ms. Congeniality. The girls, of coarse, wanted to see Ms. Congeniality and the guys wanted to see CastAway. Since the guys were paying, we went to that one.

I...

Pros: Good acting, realistic plot
Cons: The plot details aren't for sensitive viewers.

This is one of those movies that will definitely not appeal to those with sensitive stomachs.

Tom Hanks plays a FedEx employee who washes ashore on the proverbial deserted island after a FedEx delivery plane on which he is a passenger crashes...

Pros: Cast, Story
Cons: Nothing really bad

I had just watched this movie a couple days ago with a couple of my friends. I have to admit that I really didn’t want to see this movie at first, however I decided to go anyway since my friend had free tickets and was letting me use one, I figured that...

Pros: You realize how much you take for granted in real life.
Cons: We only like this movie because we like Tom Hanks.

Allright, I like Tom Hanks just as much as the next fella. He was terrific in movies like Big, Punchline, Philadelphia, Toy Story and others. But do we really love this movie only because we love Tom Hanks?

Tom stars as Chuck Noland, a very...

Pros: He was on the island...
Cons: He was "off the island" to soon.

This is my first opinion on Epinions, ironically not about Science Fiction, but I figured, what the heck, you gotta start somewhere.


I have recently seen CastAway and despite the rave reviews I have heard/read about it, I cannot say it...

Pros: Hanks and Hunt are in good form. Beautiful to look at.
Cons: Too long for the payoff. Zemeckis cheats us by making us care and then tidying everything up too shallowly.

I wanted to hate this film, and I went to see it against my better judgment.

I did not hate it. I did not love it. I liked it.

But it's got problems.

One of the problems, addressed by other reviewers, is the lack of...

Pros: Story, character involvement
Cons: None

I just got back from the theatre after seeing Castaway. Whew ! I feel like I’ve got sand in my socks! My biggest immediate impression is how wrapped up you get in this guy’s plight. You feel like you want to coach him.

Tom Hanks plays a FedEx...

Pros: Hanks' performance, unsentimental
Cons: poor marketing, weak romance, weak epilogue

(Fox/DreamWorks, 132 minutes)


directed by Robert Zemeckis


I won’t blame movie trailers for being manipulative, over-the-top, and sugarcoated. After all, a trailer’s job is to get moviegoers to throw down 8 or so dollars...

Pros: heart wrenching, good performances
Cons: could have been shown more

My boyfriend and I went to go see Cast Away despite his sister's warnings that it wasn't very good, but on my mom's urgings that it was a great movie. We decided to make our own decision on this film.

I thought that the storyline was very...

Pros: masterful acting, fabulously-shot scenes, poignant plot
Cons: The ending is a real letdown!

That's how I felt while watching this movie. "Castaway" is so well done that I felt everything Tom Hanks felt - his terror, his wondering, his doubt, his fear, his ingenuity - I felt all of these acutely at one time or another as I sat in that...

Pros: Helen Hunt in a wet t-shirt
Cons: no character development or audience involvment

I was enthralled with the character Forrest Gump. The Green Mile was also a well made fill while somewhat drawn out. I have not seen Saving Private Ryan, (I will one of these days....), so I went in with high hopes to see Cast Away.

As it...

Pros: Hanks' superb acting
Cons: A little too much time on island life

Any movie that can portray a character believably baring his soul to a Wilson volleyball and pensively contemplating a Port a Potty has my respect. One that tackles such difficult moral questions and manages to be entertaining, even humorous, while...

Pros: poignant existential subject matter
Cons: Good acting although at moments you feel like you're watching Tom Hanks, not his character.

One of the more moving experiences I had while watching this film believe it or not was when the title of the film itself presented itself on the screen. Expecting the title “Castaway” to appear as one word, I was surprised to see that it was intended as...