A perfect exegesis of the existential plight of man.

Rating: 10/10 (30 December 2000)

This movie beautifully confronts the attentive viewer with the essential challenge of existence. We are alone and we must each find a reason to live and a means to do so.
Tom Hanks is outstanding as he has been before in the role of everyman. And the film doesn't wimp out with a happy neat all-is-resolved ending, much to Roger Ebert's consternation.