Cast Away

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Cast Away

PG-13

Released Dec 22, 2000

2h 23m

Drama

Adventure

Romance

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Obsessively punctual FedEx executive Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks) is en route to an assignment in Malaysia when his plane crashes over the Pacific Ocean during a storm. The sole survivor of the flight, Chuck washes ashore on a deserted island. When his efforts to sail away and contact help fail, Chuck learns how to survive on the island, where he remains for years, accompanied by only his handmade volleyball friend, Wilson. Will Chuck ever return to civilization and reunite with his loved ones?

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Critics Consensus

Flawed but fascinating, Cast Away offers an intelligent script, some of Robert Zemeckis' most mature directing, and a showcase performance from Tom Hanks.

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Tom Hanks' powerful, brutal and mature story.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 22, 2010

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Geoff Andrew

Time Out

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.

Jun 24, 2006

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Peter Rainer

New York Magazine/Vulture

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.

Sep 26, 2002

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

It musters some astonishing sequences of beauty and wonderment; the emotional impact of Noland’s acute solitude is remarkable, especially as he struggles to hang on to the tenuous threads of his own sanity.

Rated: 7/10

Aug 23, 2025

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Robin Holabird

Robin Holabird

Hanks earned a well-deserved best actor Oscar nomination, carrying much of the action without talking to anyone but himself for a Wilson volleyball he finds in a washed-ashore Fed-X box.

Aug 11, 2021

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Danielle Solzman

Solzy at the Movies

Tom Hanks is the perfect actor for the role.

Rated: 4/5

Dec 22, 2020

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I Am F

Middle chunk when tom hanks is on the island is entering. It could do more instead of time skip. The opening and ending just straight garbage and can be cut tto the chase. I hate dumping a lot of morals at the very start on end. They are best integrated into to the main dish.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

09/29/25

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Conrad C

The movie excels in unexpected places.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/26/25

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Liam Y

This was such a good movie I must admit that the ending to this movie made me cry one of my very favorite Tom Hanks movies

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/15/25

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James B

I've watched bits and pieces of this movie over the years, but I don't believe that I've ever watched the whole movie from start to finish. This is a great movie. Honestly one of the most suspenseful plane crash scenes that I have ever seen. This was just so good. When you think about it Tom Hanks was on screen by himself for 90% of this movie. Let that set in. One of his greatest movies for sure.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/02/25

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Gareth v

A thoughtful, well-crafted survival drama elevated by one of Hanks’ career-defining performances, even if its structure feels uneven.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/21/25

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Marcos F.

I loved this movie and if you have a chance to watch it again, then knowing how it ends, you may notice a lot of subtle signals that one doesn’t catch at first 🧐🕵

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/19/25

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Synopsis

Obsessively punctual FedEx executive Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks) is en route to an assignment in Malaysia when his plane crashes over the Pacific Ocean during a storm. The sole survivor of the flight, Chuck washes ashore on a deserted island. When his efforts to sail away and contact help fail, Chuck learns how to survive on the island, where he remains for years, accompanied by only his handmade volleyball friend, Wilson. Will Chuck ever return to civilization and reunite with his loved ones?

Director: Robert Zemeckis
Producer: Steven Boyd, Jack Rapke, Steve Starkey, Robert Zemeckis, Tom Hanks
Screenwriter: William Broyles Jr.
Distributor: DreamWorks SKG
Production Co: Twentieth Century Fox, Playtone Productions, DreamWorks SKG, ImageMovers
Rating: PG-13 (Intense Action Sequences|Disturbing Images)
Genre: Drama, Adventure, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 22, 2000, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 25, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $233.6M
Runtime: 2h 23m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby SR, Dolby Digital, Dolby Stereo
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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