Tom Hanks must transform himself physically and emotionally to survive a crash landing on a deserted island in this Robert...
Tom Hanks must transform himself physically and emotionally to survive a crash landing on a deserted island in this Robert Zemeckis classic.
Chuck (Hanks), a top international manager for FedEx, and Kelly (Helen Hunt), a Ph.D. student, are in love and heading towards marriage. But when Chuck's plane to Malaysia crashes into the sea during a heavy storm, he finds himself stranded on a tiny remote island as the incident's lone survivor.
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89 %157 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
84 %744,679 reviewsAudience score rating
"Hanks's Everyman quality has never been more aptly utilised: He's the perfect stand-in for all of us who never made it to Eagle Scout."
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Vulture
Vulture"Takes admirable risks while avoiding pitfalls."
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Variety
Variety"Director Robert Zemeckis and screenwriter William Broyles Jr. do a great job of keeping the cut-and-dried formula from, well, getting too cut and dried."
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post"At its best, Cast Away, like Titanic, awes us with its sheer oceanic sweep and its cosmic apprehension of human insignificance."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"Hanks conducts a master class in acting by showing a man losing his sense of himself in fractional gradations."
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Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone"Tom Hanks does a superb job of carrying Cast Away all by himself for about two-thirds of its running time, but isn't much helped by additional characters in the opening and closing sequences."
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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert"A blockbuster with the soul of an art film, Cast Away is an enormously gratifying surprise ending to a generally disappointing year at the movies."
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New York Post
New York Post"Thoroughly absorbing."
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Empire Magazine
Empire MagazineCast Away | Details
Award winner- Winner of Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Hanks), 2001 Golden Globes
- Rating
- 12A, Contains some frightening moments of action, and mild language
- Runtime
- 143
- Genre
- Adventure, Drama
- Country of origin
- USA
