A nice pot roast but not filet mignon

Rating: 7/10 (30 December 2000)

Cast Away is a fine movie for mainstream Hollywood. It is a Sears kind of movie. Nothing too offensive or challenging, stays on main street, no forays into the darker sides of the psyche. Hanks chooses his vehicles well, as compared to many of the other male superstars like Hanks and Gibson who have sold out completely. I found the plot a bit contrived, and the most impressive special effect was the Hanks weight loss. Helen Hunt is in too many movies. Period. She needs to take a vacation.