An emotional heart tugger, even tugged me a bit(some spoilers attached)

Rating: 9/10 (31 July 2001)

NOTE: (12/11/04) -- this was one of the first reviews I published on IMDb. Please excuse the spelling mistakes and so on. I didn't want to delete it, just because of nostalgic purposes - however I have since re-written a full-length review which can be read at http://www.rottentomatoes.com/author-6769 --
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First, let me say I'm more of an action or comedy guy. So it's a little hard to be tugged by a MOVIE(not reality)when something sad happens. But even this, at the end tugged me, yet also made me happy at the same time. I've never had the same experience before. I've only had a little tug by the perfect storm, but I wasn't happy at the same time..it's weird, but when you watch the movie you'll see what I mean.
(some minor spoilers) The plot is a fed ex employee played by Tom Hanks, has everything going well in his life. right before he boards a plane to go on a business trip for fed ex, he gives an engagement ring to his girlfriend(Helen Hunt), so after he gets back, you get the feeling she'll probably say yes. The plane he's on get's offline, and hits a storm, and they end up crashing. After surviving a very realistic crash, he awakens on a deserted island. Being the business man that he is though, he walks around and pickes up the fed ex packages that washed ashore(there are only a few). Later in the movie he opens them, and uses a pair of ice skates to open coconuts, a dress I think to use as mocasins, and Wilson the volleyball as a friend. It's a very realistic movie, of what would happen to you and your life being on an island for four years, and how much your life would of changed back home. And for those who have seen this movie, the Wilson's death scene, for some reason makes you sad, because you realize at that point, that that is what kept him going the whole time. Or else he would of gone insane. You realize, what it would be like to be with some ball 24/7/365 four years, and then have it just float away. It's like losing a family member. I think anyone who's seen this movie can admit that. I really enjoyed this movie and it's definitely in my top 50 favorite movies(although it would be about half way, no farther) I for some reason just really like this movie. I have a poster in my room, next to terminator and 6th day posters...see how weird it is? This movie just grows on you. I give it 4 out of 5 stars, for being a very realistic, truthful movie.