Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined

Listonixio Fresh and Exciting

XoWizIama Excellent adaptation.

Neive Bellamy Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

cinephile-27690 Usually when I give an 8 it means a chunk was boring or unneeded. That is not the case here. Everything IS needed, the setup to understand why Tom Hanks is on the island, and the aftermath of being there for so long. However, at the same time, the stranding section, roughly 1.5 hours of the 2.5 hour movie, is the most compelling part, and the reason why one would want to see this movie. My 8 is tied with a 10, if that makes sense. It's still perfectly worth seeing, however, and so if you want to see it, do so.

trustkim 10/10 This is such a powerfull movie with great acting by Tom Hanks.

Dr Jacques COULARDEAU A good film though, of course, a little bit humdrum since we are dealing with a rewriting of the famous Robinson Crusoe story financed by FedEx. Of course, our Robinson Crusoe has to have a Friday, and it is a volleyball with a bloody handprint on it.It shows how resilient a man can be in any situation, even when he speaks of or caresses the idea of suicide. Life will call him back to resilience please and he will get some satisfaction. Here he twins his fate with his favorite hand-imprinted volleyball named Wilson, its brand name. The relation is close and he speaks to it all the time, to the point we could call it "him" as if it were a real boy.He manages to conquer some fire, then to cook some food after breaking many coconuts. He survives like that for four years till the tide brings in some plastic contraption he is going to use as a sail for the raft he decides to build. He will stay lost on the vast Pacific Ocean for days, meet one curious whale and finally be picked by a container monster ship and reinstated in life by FedEx. His girlfriend has married in the meantime. He sure rediscovers her one night but that does not go beyond some preliminaries, at least we think so, though maybe . . . The good ending will come from one FedEx package he had recuperated on his desert island and brought back with him but the film remains open on the suggestion that there is always a good ending to all stories around the corner if you are receptive to any extra-sensorial messages.Enjoy the adventure and dream of what you could have done in such a situation.Dr. Jacques COULARDEAU

pernilleiversen-21797 I simply love this movie because of the uncertainty as regards to what happens next during the entire movie!I find it hard to believe that Tom Hanks did not won a Oscar for his performance, since he in my opinion deserved it more than anyone else.If you have not seen Cast Away yet, I definitely recommend you to see it right away. I promise you will be blown away by the story and the great performance by Tom Hanks.All the best, Pernille