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Tom Hanks
Helen Hunt
Steve Monroe
Chris Noth
Wendy Worthington
Christopher Kriesa

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A man who is flying over an ocean has plane troubles as he crash lands on a deserted island. He struggles to survive.

06/02/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Sappy ending keeps this movie out of top 25.

Cast Away is one of the most thought-provoking films I've ever seen. It follows the events before, during, and after Fed-Ex employee Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks, in an outstanding performance) becomes stranded on a deserted island. Things are pretty dull until his plane inevitably crashes, when things become truly compelling. Hanks portrayal of Noland on the island is brilliant, capturing the terror and hopelessness that must be going through Noland's mind.

The moments on the island are truly great for several reasons. Most of our emotion comes from what we see rather than what we hear; Zemerickis wisely halts the score and lets us feel like we are helplessly deserted on a quiet island, completely isolated from the sounds of every day life, such as people talking, car doors slamming, phone...

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4/4 

03/08/2008 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

See this one

I watched this movie well after everyone in the world had seen it. It took a lot of convincing for my fiance, now husband to get me to watch it. I thought it was a great movie. Tom Hanks is one of the few people you can watch for two hours with a volley ball. Maybe it was the timing but this movie melted me. After seeing him loose this fiance, I cried and cried and cried someone more. I don't know if I could watch this movie again, but I recommend it to anyone who hasn't seen it yet.

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3.5/4 

12/21/2007 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

I am a rock, I am an i-i-island

One of my favorites. I usually like dialog-filled films. However, the hour without dialog in this film was some of the most entertaining at all. The ending isn't the happiest, but that's the way life goes sometimes. I'm trying to decide if I like Hanks or Wilson better. :)

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3.5/4