Excellent movie - Very touching

Rating: Null/10 (14 March 2013)

Cast Away is one of the few movies that I had watched multiple times. It begins with Chuck (Tom Hanks) who works for FedEx and is always rushing around the world and living by the clock, often against his girlfriend's wishes. At Christmas he is called to travel to Malaysia to solve a problem, just before he can pop the question. He promises to return, but a storm and resulting plane crash change his life forever.
While on an uninhabited island for four years Chuck lives on his own, learning survival skills during this time, with Wilson (a volleyball) as his only companion. Despite his situation, he has hopes that one day he will escape and return to his family and to Kelly. After building a raft, he manages to escape the island, but loses the companionship of Wilson (the only friend he's had during his time on the island).
When Chuck finally makes it back to society, he encounters problems just as great as the ones he had on the island, finding that no one was as loyal as Wilson (Kelly has married someone else, his family held a funeral a while back, etc). Once again, Chuck is stuck on an island, but on an emotional (not physical) one, since everyone has left him behind. At the end of the movie, he is left at a crossroads, having to decide where he will go to start a new life.