Worthwhile for Hanks's performance

Rating: 8/10 (29 October 2011)

Filmmaker Robert Zemeckis has stylishly and artistically made an impact on pop culture with his unique movies. Cast Away is one of those films that made an impact of cultural substance. Tom Hanks gives a great performance as the central character and only Hanks could make him so likable. Hanks's strong, moving performance keeps us from losing attention in the story, however preposterous it may be. The movie is overlong and flawed, but it has great moments of seriocomedy and melodrama. Zemeckis does manage to give us insights into isolation and half-insanity with masterful results. Hanks fans should love it, despite all the flaws in realism that Zemeckis does mange to redeem through his solid storytelling.