Cast Away (2000)
Will Chuck ever return to civilization and reunite with his loved ones? The young FedEx executive is suddenly stuck in what was supposed to be a business trip.
17 February 1989, Orange County, California, USA
30 June 1984, Los Angeles, California, USA
30 December 1985, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
1944, Marks, Mississippi, USA
6 August 1953, Miami Beach, Florida, USA
20 August 1955, Mahopac, New York, USA
15 June 1963, Culver City, California, USA
15 July 1927, Decatur, Illinois, USA
5 September 1934, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
30 July 1960, New York, USA
13 November 1954, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
30 August 1977, Rockville, Maryland, USA
September 23, 1976 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
18 May 1933, Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]
17 February 1989, Orange County, California, USA
September 25, 2010
As melancholy as it is affirming, "Cast Away" tells a darkly comic, occasionally punishing parable about what happens when humans lose sight of humility in life's grand scheme - an interesting thematic twin to Tom Hanks' own "Joe vs. the Volcano."
September 26, 2002
Hanks's Everyman quality has never been more aptly utilized: He's the perfect stand-in for all of us who never made it to Eagle Scout.
December 22, 2000
Cast Away amounts to little more than an unprecedented showcase for its star.
December 07, 2009
Remains one of the more vividly transporting films I've come into contact with. It's heartbreaking, darkly comedic, bravely observational, and ultimately, pure emotional poetry.
May 16, 2012
one-man show
June 24, 2006
Though Hanks comes across as blandly as ever, at least his solid performance shows he's up to carrying half a movie on his own, and Zemeckis' direction is at first as busily efficient as the protagonist.
March 19, 2002
Cast Away isn't the first to recognize our modern need for primal tales, but it is among the most accomplished. It plugs straight into our unplugged fantasies.
December 22, 2010
Tom Hanks' powerful, brutal and mature story.
August 07, 2008
The beginning and ending of the film are a bit underdeveloped, but that's just quibbling.
December 22, 2000
The scenes of Hanks' complete isolation on the island, where barely a sound is heard for minutes at a time, are the best thing about Cast Away.
April 29, 2009
A gripping survival drama and one of my favorites of 2000.
June 04, 2001
Hanks conducts a master class in acting by showing a man losing his sense of himself in fractional gradations.
