Cast Away

Rating: 6/10 (11 March 2005)

One of the most interesting and compelling films ever, with most of the film occupied by one actor. Golden Globe winning, and Oscar and BAFTA nominated Tom Hanks plays Chuck Noland, a Fed Ex worker, who on a Fex Ex delivery flight has a plane crash into the ocean. Chuck is the only survivor, and when he wakes up the next morning he is alone. He finds himself on an empty island with nothing but sand, coconut trees, and rock. Throughout the film he continues to try and survive. He finds boxes from the crash on the sand bank. The things inside the boxes help him in his survival. He even befriends (talks to) a football/volleyball called Wilson. This film does have some emotional moments, but it does have some feel good moments too, e.g. watching Chuck make fire. Hanks had to slim down for four months before finishing the film and he could have got an award for it. It it slow before the crash, and when he goes back to the normal world after four years, and Helen Hunt as Kelly Frears hardly does much, but watch Hanks. One of the only films to have a nearly one-man show. It was nominated the Oscar for Best Sound. Tom Hanks was number 3 on The 100 Greatest Movie Stars, and he was number 39 on The World's Greatest Actor. Good!