Good, but not great

Rating: 4/10 (1 February 2001)

Tom Hanks is king. That's what I think after watching the movie. His transformation is totally amazing: from a very slightly overweight man to the a very skinny person, from a very hard-working employee to a survivor, Tom Hanks simply amazes me.
The crash scene is the most terrifying aircraft footage I've ever seen. The sound effects actually made me feel uncomfortable and nervous. A masterpiece.
Wilson was a great idea.
Sadly, the rest of the film left a lot of issues unexplored. It should have avoided the "before" and "after" story, instead concentrating on Hanks' loneliness at the island. The "silent" part of the movie was the best for me. I could've cared less about his soon to be wife, or his friends at work. It was pretty obvious how all that would finish. Very cliched.
Oh, and if you don't know by now who paid for the movie, watch it. You'll all agree it was FedEx. At one point, I even got to think I was watching an infommercial, where Hanks demonstrated that "not even being a castaway will stop FedEx from delivering on time!". Yuck!
Solid 8 stars because of Hanks, the crash scene, and Wilson.