Outstanding!

Rating: 8/10 (16 January 2020)

Isolation. Survival. Loneliness. This is Cast Away, the story about one man and his quest to survive on his own after being stranded in the waters after a plane crash that left everyone for dead except for him. He lives for years on an island, finds his way to live, eat, and survive in ways that we never would have dreamed possible. He befriends a volleyball named Wilson...it's the actual name of the ball. We become so emotionally attached to this character ( played by Tom Hanks), that we feel his every emotion. We feel his pain. We sense his isolation. We see his loneliness. And more then anything, he just wants to get home to his wife. The ending surprised me, and the final scene is extremely haunting, but altogether, I found this movie no less then perfect in every aspect, and Hanks does a great job handling the sensitivity of such character. I knew he had it in him! This can be a difficult and disturbing movie for some, but for the most part, I think this is a very important movie for its time and now. It is an absolute must see!