I watch this movie once a year.

Rating: 8/10 (20 February 2007)

I saw this film in the theater and had to buy it when it came out on VHF. I usually watch it once a year. The only reason I'm writing is because I have seen so many reviews that say it is uninteresting, slow and even confusing. I find it none of these and can't understand anyone coming to that conclusion. First: Tom Hanks, where is there a finer actor. Second: the story. Excitement from the start. Then as he lives his next four years you have to wonder how he can cope with the situation and what you could have down any differently. He beats the island not by luck but by his own ingenuity. Coming home to his fiancée can he fall back into the old life and live happily ever after or will there be problems? Can the problems be overcome? And what happens at the crossroad? Does he go to the farmhouse or on down the road? How can this film be considered uninteresting.