Life is too short to live by the clock.

Rating: 8/10 (2 January 2001)

Cast Away was a great movie - the emotion of the story of Tom Hanks (Chuck) rushing through every day life as a FedEx corporate Trainer and stating lines like "You live by the Clock" is so true. We all live by the clock in our fast busy every day lives of juggling careers, friends, and relationships. But life slowed Tom Hanks down in Cast Away - it snatched that clock right away from him and landed him on a deserted island to think about what is the importance in life. For him it was Kelly (Helen Hunt), his true love.
Tom Hanks was superb and his terror and fear ran through me in this movie. The cinema-photography was so vivid! The airplane crash was so real, the close up of Tom knocking his tooth out and the huge waves that crashed down on him was so real, vivid and placed me right there with him.
I rated the movie 8 Stars - I wanted to give it 10 stars, but the ending left me wanting more. The beginning and the middle of the movie were excellent and the ending was sweet - but so much more could have closed it.
You won't regret seeing Cast Away - I didn't!