It's not a movie about merely surviving, but really living.

Rating: 9/10 (24 December 2000)

This movie isn't called "Castaway", as in someone who's lost on a desert isle, it's "Cast Away", as in something that has been discarded with time. Chuck Noland never wanted to "commit the sin of turning his back on time" when, in fact, time turns its back on him. This isn't a movie about merely surviving a four-year imprisonment on a deserted island, but about whether that survival is worth it. It doesn't take long for Chuck to figure out if he can survive or not, but it takes him the entire four years to decide that that is not enough.
Chuck Noland's life is taken away from him twice. Both times he has to rebuild and discover a new reason to live. He learns, through these ordeals, that it is alright to turn your back on time, but to never let the moment pass you by.