Tom Hanks played the perfect intelligent, tough and kind character I'd imagined from the book.

Rating: 10/10 (24 June 2000)

I just saw this film a week ago.
I'd heard after its release that Hanks' performance was being panned by some. I guess after seeing the film, I'm surprised. Hanks seemed wonderfully not-overacting his role, and the rest of the casting was great. The effects were amazing, not overdone yet convincing, such as the insect cloud as described in the book when John finally had to vent what pain he'd taken from someone.
Definitely one of the best book adaptations I've seen in the last 10 years. SPHERE was the other.