Lack of the Survival aspect.

Rating: Null/10 (18 June 2001)

While Cast Away is an entertaining film the love story portion between the Tom Hanks character and Helen Hunts character seemed (getting down to brass tacks) to do very little for the over all story. The ending, which was also pointless, went on way too long and likewise served no purpose. The film shows that Hanks Chuck Noland survives for four years on the island but offers only glimpses as to how he does it. Instead of a tale of survival the viewer is given the old standard two people in love separated by an act of fate with one eventually giving up and finding someone else then the other returns looking for their old flame. This picture does not rank up there as a great movie about survival but it seems it could have had that been the emphasis.