Good but falls short of Oscar

Rating: Null/10 (11 February 2001)

This movie would have been so much better with some scenes of what Chuck's friend and girlfriend were going through over the four years he was on the island, like what their lives were like, scenes of the events of her life (no spoiler). Also, once he gets rescued they clean him up too quick, one minute he is on death's door, the next minute he is the aqua velva man. I would have liked to see him in his just rescued Robinson Crusoe look trying to relate to humans again and contrast his wild man look interacting back with civilization.