Outstanding!!

Rating: Null/10 (4 February 2001)

I've been to see quite a few films recently and none of them grabbed my attention as much as this. I wouldn't say that I'm a die hard Tom Hanks fan but I do like movies he's in, so I knew that I would enjoy it despite some reviews saying that it's a boring 2 1/2 hour FedEx commercial. He works for FedEx for crying out loud, of course you're going to see the name appear every now and then, and it's far from boring.
You get so absorbed in the film that you really feel for Hanks' character who is acted out superbly. I've never had a feeling of so much dread as I did when the plane flight started to go wrong, the surround sound was spot on. After you've got you're breath back from that scene and he finally realises that he's all alone on that tiny island, you start to feel everything for Chuck (Hanks), desperation, sorrow, his boredom (not yours). It's humourous in certain places where the film touches on the black comedy genre (washed up corpse scene). And finally when he gets back and everything has changed after 5 years, he realises everything that he used to take for granted, lights, food, bed and the only thing he didn't take for granted he can't have anymore...his girl.
This film is a must see!! Don't be put off by the length of it, you don't even realise, honest....Outstanding!!