Phenomenal performance by Tom Hanks. This story is very sad as he crashes on a flight for work over the Pacific Ocean. The crash scene is absolutely terrifying and so realistic. The next 4 years he is stuck on the island with nobody to befriend but a volley ball he collected from the floating packages left over from the crash. He begins building a raft for him and his volleyball friend: Wilson, to get back to land so he can see his girlfriend again (Helen Hunt). During this trip he loses Wilson the volleyball and gives up on his own aspirations due to sorrow and it is truly tear jerking. The ending of this movie though... I don't understand why it went like that. They never quite explained the significance of that package and why they chose for him to willingly keep quiet about it when he drove all the way to Texas to deliver it is just kind of... dumb.
