Review of Cast Away (2000) by Elvar Freyr E — 06 Aug 2018

It is quite obvious that this film is about the survival instinct, but the audience does not want to see an animal struggling to survive, they want to see a human struggling to survive. That's why the film does not begins when the plane falls, nor when he breaks his first coconut, nor when he fishes his first fish. The film begins when all the animal needs to survive are covered, and the next step is to become human again. And a human needs another human.

The film begins when Wilson, the other main character, is born. The film sequence is well put in this sense, since they clearly lead the viewer into realizing where our humanitiy begins and when our animal souls are put to sleep.

But there are, in my humble opinion, some "extra" dramatic scenes that I would exchange for a scene where Wilson grow arms and/or legs. Like the tooth scene, since it distracts the viewer (with blood and pain) from what the film is really about.

The intention was pretty good, but at some short periods of the film, Robert Zemeckis let Hollywood get a little in the way of a great film.