It's adequate for entertainment's sake

Rating: 6/10 (5 February 2007)

The film was okay. It took a long time to get started and kind of reminded me of the Zemeckis/Hanks collaboration, Cast Away. I don't think the film did a good enough job of suspending my disbelief because it took forever for me to get into the film and I wasn't trying to resist. A lot of story lines weren't very well kept together and most of the characters were a little hard to believe. So the writing wasn't very strong. On the other hand, the direction and the acting by Hanks was pretty strong (Hanks gets better the more he gets to speak English). I think it kept the film from becoming a waste of time. In the end, the film is cute, but disposable. You won't miss anything by not watching the film, but, like many Spielburg films, it's hard to hate. 6/10.