Cast Away (2000) Reviews & Ratings
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Cast Away reviews
Cast Away holds a 7.7/10 average from 12,576 TMDB ratings.
We live and we die by time. And we must not commit the sin of losing our track on time. *** This review may contain spoilers *** Jetting off on yet another important task, FedEx whizzer Chuck Noland leaves his girlfriend Kelly Frears (Helen Hunt) behind just before Christmas. Disaster strikes during the flight and the plane crashes into the ocean. Managing to free himself from the sinking jet, Noland is washed up on…
— John Chard (7.5/10)
**Cast Away is a brilliant movie in many ways, but some disappointing story and character decisions keep it from being a personal favorite.** It all began on Christmas Day. Many people forget that Cast Away is technically a Christmas movie. The fateful plane crash that strands Tom Hanks on an island alone with his volleyball best friend, Wilson, takes off and leaves his new fiance alone on Christmas Day. There are s…
— The Movie Mob (5/10)
Tom Hanks excels in this well put together depiction of the archetypal, rather fastidious, business executive who finds himself stranded - after his plane crashes - on a remote tropical island. Completely ill-suited for life without any modern conveniences, but not without a brain cell or two, he has to adapt à la "Robinson Crusoe" to his new life of coconuts and whatever fish he can catch. The story takes it's time…
— CinemaSerf (7/10)
Chuck Noland, 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.
Movies like Cast Away
If you enjoyed Cast Away, these movies have a similar feel:
- Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991)
- Robinson Crusoe (1954)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
- The Old Man and the Sea (1958)
- Poseidon (2006)
- The Journey of Natty Gann (1985)
- Rapa Nui (1994)
- The Sea of Trees (2016)
- Alive (1993)
- The Other Side of Heaven (2001)
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- All Is Lost (2013)
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