Weak but entertaining nonetheless

Rating: 8/10 (27 January 2001)

The plot was good but I expected a little more Robinson Crusoe and a little less mental illness. This was an excellent performance by Hanks though-as good as Apollo 13 when there was dialogue but for the amount of the film that was dedicated to watching Hanks in near silence the writing wasn't creative enough to show any depth to the character. You liked the Hanks character mostly because of the first five minutes of the film rather than the bulk of it spent on the island. And I know the escape from the island wasn't the climax of the film but they still showed too much in the trailer.