Very Disappointing

Rating: 3/10 (30 December 2000)

Although another very good Hanks performance, Cast Away leaves the viewer with a disappointing lack of closure. All of my family thought that the movie was well made, but not overly entertaining. Of course, about halfway through the movie, I'm thinking..."It's a movie about a deserted island, how exciting can it be?" It wasn't. I guess that I was spoiled by Gilligan's Island as a kid, but I remember these kinds of places as a lot more fun.
When Hanks finally does get home, the storyline is unremarkable at best. We see very little of Hunt and Hanks seems to have nothing to teach us from his time in isolation.
Overall, we were just expecting a lot more from Hanks/Zimeckics