An amazing film experience...

Rating: Null/10 (23 December 2000)

I just saw this film on its opening day and I must say that this film struck me in a way very few films have. "Cast Away" is remarkable for its power to make you think about isolation away from everything you have. Isolation from your loved ones, human contact, and even the everyday things we all unknowingly take for granted. Tom Hanks is brilliant as Chuck Noland, a man so obsessed with not wasting time, that, ironically, his whole life is passing him by. Chuck is a troubleshooter for FedEx who has to check his schedule before he can even schedule family events or a date with his fiancee Kelly Frears (a sweet, affecting Helen Hunt). While on a Christmas Eve emergency trip to Malaysia to save a FedEx operation, Chuck's small plane crashes and leaves him stranded on an island in the South Pacific where his only companionship is a volleyball that washed ashore. Chuck's emotional and physical journey begins on that small island. Tom Hanks turns in one of his best performances ever. "Cast Away" is a film that makes you feel nothing but gratitude for your life. It is a film that will break your heart. It was so emotionally effecting for me. It is a beautiful film.