Cast Away

    Cast Away
    2000

    Synopsis

    Chuck Nolan, a top international manager for FedEx, and Kelly, a Ph.D. student, are in love and heading towards marriage. Then Chuck's plane to Malaysia crashes at sea during a terrible storm. He's the only survivor, and finds himself marooned on a desolate island. With no way to escape, Chuck must find ways to survive in his new home.

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    Cast

    • Tom HanksChuck Noland
    • Helen HuntKelly Frears
    • Chris NothJerry Lovett
    • Paul SanchezRamon
    • Lari WhiteBettina Peterson
    • Leonid CiterFyodor
    • David Allen BrooksDick Peterson
    • Semion SudarikovNicolai
    • Peter Von BergYuri
    • Dmitri S. BoudrineLev

    Recommendations

    • 100

      New York Post

      A really classic adventure yarn with one of Hollywood's great actors hitting one out of the ballpark. If you're seeing only one movie this season, this is the obvious choice.
    • 100

      Baltimore Sun

      It's a startling physical transformation, as Noland goes from flabby desk jockey to lean, mean fishing machine. But even more remarkable is the mental transformation Hanks effects.
    • 90

      TNT RoughCut

      Zemeckis is more interested here in getting us thinking (and feeling) than in telling us what to think.
    • 89

      Austin Chronicle

      A handsomely constructed and executed movie, the kind of effort that deserves appreciation, on its own terms, for what it both dares and accomplishes.
    • 80

      The New York Times

      At its best, Cast Away, like "Titanic," awes us with its sheer oceanic sweep and its cosmic apprehension of human insignificance.
    • 75

      Charlotte Observer

      The middle 90 minutes, which put Hanks alone on an island without voice-over narration or even a musical background, is as risky as anything Hollywood did this year.
    • 75

      Christian Science Monitor

      Hanks's extraordinary acting keeps the adventure involving even though the beginning is predictable, the middle is uneven, and the finale slips into Zemeckis's patented brand of "Forrest Gump" fuzziness.
    • 75

      Miami Herald

      It's a simple message, and it's delivered with a grace and subtlety that's rare in would-be blockbusters.

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