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The first thing I said as I left the theater where I watched Cast Away was, “I will never be able to get those two-and-a-half hours of my life back.” So maybe the film should have been called Throw Away. Or perhaps Waste Away – because that’s what I did as I sat there watching it.
Note to Tom Hanks fans: I’m not saying anything against Tom here. The role was physically and professionally challenging for him – and he played the role well.
But my role was pretty challenging, too. I had to watch it.
This film has no plot. For a few minutes, there’s some story about workaholic Chuck Noland (Hanks), a FedEx employee, and his girlfriend, Kelly Frears (Helen Hunt). But then his plane crashes, and the movie turns into two hours of Hanks conversing with a Wilson volleyball – and getting progressively hairier.
Remember the story about Robinson Crusoe, the guy who was shipwrecked on an island? Remember the stuff with the savage natives? Take that stuff out. And you know his friend, Friday? Take him out, and add a volleyball with a face. And the really cool bamboo tree fort? Get rid of that, too. Then you have Cast Away.
If you’re an insomniac, this film may be of some use to you. For the rest of you, if you really want to see it, go ahead. But don’t say I didn’t warn you.
Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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