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32 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickA 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.
- 100Baltimore SunChris KaltenbachBaltimore SunChris KaltenbachIt'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.
- 90TNT RoughCutAndy KleinTNT RoughCutAndy KleinZemeckis is more interested here in getting us thinking (and feeling) than in telling us what to think.
- 89Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenA handsomely constructed and executed movie, the kind of effort that deserves appreciation, on its own terms, for what it both dares and accomplishes.
- 80The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenAt its best, Cast Away, like "Titanic," awes us with its sheer oceanic sweep and its cosmic apprehension of human insignificance.
- 75Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanCharlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanThe 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.
- 75Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittHanks'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.
- 75Miami HeraldRene RodriguezMiami HeraldRene RodriguezIt's a simple message, and it's delivered with a grace and subtlety that's rare in would-be blockbusters.
- 50Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumToo full of its own heavy breathing to work as the primordial storytelling it's aiming for--a so-so adventure story is closer to the mark.
- 25San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleIt will bring joy in a way certainly not intended, as one of the most gloriously and unwittingly silly films ever devised by a major American filmmaker.