Disappointing

Rating: 6/10 (6 January 2001)

This movie was a disappointment. It did not help that I knew the ending
from the commercials and film reviews. The middle part of the film
(where Hanks' character was on the island) was the best, but the
beginning and ending were colorless and boring.
Two things I don't understand...
1. SPOILER ALERT - Where exactly did Hanks' character store the FedEx
package he brought with him back to civilization? There were shots of
Hanks on his raft with no sign of a white FedEx box, yet after 500 miles
in rough salt water and rain, there it is at the end in reasonably good
shape.
2. Was Helen Hunt supposed to have an accent? She slipped into this
weird southern drawl about every fifth line she spoke. That was the most
distracting thing in th