Acting Tour De Force

Rating: 10/10 (12 April 2001)

In Cast Away, Tom Hanks delivers a powerful performance which virtually defines the film, a tale of a man literally stripped bare of his societal pretensions. Hanks is a premiere performer and his work in this film definitely deserved an academy award. Of course, the "oscars" have rarely reflected the "best" that there is to offer in films. Fortunately, Tom Hanks is an artist who surely realizes his best reward is in the work he does. Comments that the movie is "boring" depress me. Would viewers have preferred to see Daryll Hannah wash up on the island?