Without the Stars would anyone see this?

Rating: 5/10 (13 January 2001)

While watching this movie I was reminded of something I had seen on TV about how Castaway could not have succeeded if it weren't for a big name actor in the lead. And that is what the result of the movie was.
There are a couple of major flaws in the movie as I see it. First of all there was not enough character developement. You would think a movie about a guy stranded on an Island with nothing but a volleyball for company would be heavy on the character. For the most part that isn't true. We see a couple of sudden jumps rather than a gradual changes. And suddenly it is four years later? I think that this is one case when a movie should have been much longer. The island could have been extended at least half an hour and made the movie a better effort.