Cast Away

 

Cast Away 2000

• Director: Robert Zemicks
• Seen by this director: Contact, Forrest Gump, Back to the Future, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, I Wanna Hold Your Hand
• Based on the book: no
• Cast: Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Tom Hanks – The Circle, Sully, Cloud Atlas, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Catch Me If You Can, Road to Perdition, The Green Mile, You Have Mail, Saving Private Ryan, Forrest Gump, Philadelphia, Sleepless in Seattle, A League of Their Own, Punchline
• Helen Hunt - Then She Found Me, Pay It Forward, As Good As It Gets, Twister, Peggy Sue Got Marries
• Why? I liked it the first time.
• Seen:  Once before. Now 26 October 2022      

       Chuck (Hanks) is a high-pressure Fed Ex coordinator who flies all over the world, often leaving his partner, doctoral student Kelly (Hunt) at a moment’s notice. On Christmas Eve he’s summoned for an urgent flight to Tahiti. He promises to be back by New Year’s Eve.

       His plane crashes. He’s the only survivor and his rubber raft washes up on an uninhabited island.

       Comparisons to Robinson Crusoe are inevitable, and sure, it’s about a guy who survives through wits and know-how, or at least figure-it-out. But Chuck is much more likeable than smug old Robinson, as well as more admirable because of his ineptitude and lack of practical know-how, he continues to survive.

       Hanks gives a fine one-man performance. 

3½ * of 5