Robert Zemeckis directs Tom Hanks and a volleyball in the desert island drama Cast Away.
Most of the credit has to go to Hanks for being able to emotionally carry the entire film all on his own, with next to no score music to cue the emotions until the final 20 minutes. It's beautifully shot with an astounding sound design, while never really becoming the special effects bonanza most Zemeckis films tend to be. It lags here and there but the story about fear, hope and the will to survive packs a powerful punch by the time it wraps up.
3½ angel wings out of 5
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