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One of Tom Hanks best movies and performances, the fact that he was able to make us feel sad and cry for a volleyball just shows you how great of an actor he is.

When Robert Zemeckis was asked what was in the one unopened box that he saved, he joked that it was a waterproof, fully charged satellite phone 😅

I love the last scene because he is literally standing at the crossroads. You never know what the tide will roll in? ❤

I can't help but notice that you seem to love and remark on the musical scores in these films in a way that almost no one else does, and I can't tell you how much I appreciate that! One of the reasons I adore movies from the 80s through to the mid-2000s so much was that they had such rich, thematic orchestral scores, so it's amazing to finally see someone else watching an incredible scene and noticing the score the same way I do :)

I love that the whale was with him for the journey, almost taking care of him, even waking him when the cargo ship goes by ⛴🌊💦🐳

The director's commentary notes that the ending, with him standing in the middle of the crossroads, was deliberate symbolism that for the first time, he finally had a truly free choice of what to do with the rest of his life.

You'd never think that a man having a breakdown over a volleyball could be so heartbreaking... But you'd be wrong! 💔🏐😭

I did cry when Wilson was gone. I'm not embarrassed about. There are very few actors like Tom Hanks. I feel privileged to have seen many of his movies

Only Tom Hanks can make us cry over a dang volleyball

You have to see Apollo 13, another fundamental film by Tom Hanks. And not only that, it is a very good disaster movie, based on a real event that kept the world in suspense.

the fact they made him start the friction fire himself just to make his acting that much more real. absolute masterpiece

The first time I saw this movie, I had to keep reminding myself it wasn't a horror movie. (He wasn't going to get attacked by a shark, there wasn't something living in the cave) Now it's like a comfort/asmr movie for me. It's so quiet.

The director made the choice to have zero score his entire time on the island, to increase the feeling of isolation. You never really notice it, until he leaves and it comes back. Awesome idea from the director.

Absolutely one of the BEST Movies that Tom Hanks has ever made...it's so Brilliantly done, Brutally Honest and Emotional too!💔👍 Fun-Fact-of-the-day: they stopped Filming this Movie for a whole year, during which Hanks dedicated himself to losing weight and growing his hair long!

I love Tom Hanks' line "I knew, somehow, that I had to stay alive. Somehow. I had to keep breathing. Even though there was no reason to hope. And all my logic said that I would never see this place again. So that's what I did. I stayed alive. I kept breathing. And one day my logic was proven all wrong because the tide came in, and gave me a sail. And now, here I am. I'm back. In Memphis, talking to you. I have ice in my glass... And I've lost her all over again. I'm so sad that I don't have Kelly. But I'm so grateful that she was with me on that island. And I know what I have to do now. I gotta keep breathing. Because tomorrow the sun will rise. Who knows what the tide could bring?" When people think that hope is supposed to be a promise or eve a probability, they give up and crumble when faced with the kind of steep odds reality will often slap them with.

Tom Hanks gave a great performance in this Iconic movie. It puts you right in the story. You can see what it is like being stranded on a island with almost no hope of rescue. It is a tearjerker and it hits pretty hard. If you like drama and a riveting story this one is for you!

Chuck didn't lose his shoes in the water in the crash, he didn't have on his shoes on the plane.

This is a roller coaster of emotions. I laughed and cried. Thanks again for another great reaction. Hello from Pa USA 🇺🇸.

Hanks' is good in everything. I loved The Terminal. Also, don't miss his early films, Splash, Turner & Hooch, Big, and the rom-coms, You've Got Mail and Sleepless in Seattle.

When I first saw this, I didn't like the ending -- I wanted to know what came next! -- but I've come to realize that the ending presented is the right one. Standing at the crossroads and knowing where each leads, our protagonist has finally regained the power to make a choice in his life, and _that's_ what's important. It would be wrong for the screenwriter or director to usurp his newly recovered ability to direct his own life.

Hanks is a cinematic treasure of our age.

Hanks goes so deep, and just wilson gets immortalized in cinema history

Yeah, this is definitely a tearjerker. If anybody can make you cry over a volleyball, it's Tom Hanks.

One of my favorites Tom Hanks movie. This is one of those movies where the Director makes the audience create the ending. 👍🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Great reactions from Jen, for this very powerful movie starring the incredible Tom Hanks.

Jen "when you have the chance to be the big spoon...just take it." damn, those are some good words of wisdom lol.

"Splash" is an early Tom Hanks movie that is very enjoyable Jen, and as a bonus you get to see more of John Candy! 🍭😂

Can't remember if any questions were asked as I watched this on patreon but if they were my answer is as you know always YES 🙂 shout out to Helen Hunt she was only in the movie for a small amount but awesome acting on her part 👌

The scene where Chuck is on the raft and drops the oars and gives up is my favorite scene in this movie. It's SO powerful to me.

I caught the "Mad About You" reference. I loved that show. I have a celebrity crush on Helen Hunt because of that show. I also loved Paul Reiser's character in that show. (Although Carter Burke is a very different story.

The way you slung "anthropomorphize" so casually into that sentence was a thing of beauty.

Jen, THE BURBS is a Tom Hanks must see! I do love the performance in this one! We are social creatures, so the solitude of this film is frightening! Thanks again Jen, great pic and reaction! Here as always...Eric 😊

1. It's a good thing he wasn't strapped in that plane. He would have died. 2. Can you imagine how much back pay this guy is going to get? He's not a rank and file worker either. He's an executive. 3. To make himself look like an average out of shape middle aged man Tom Hanks didn't exercise and allowed himself to grow pudgy. Production was then halted for a year so he could lose fifty pounds, work out and grow out his beard for his time spent on the deserted island. 4. Talk about using realistic tactics to survive. 5. Wilson is exactly what he needed to maintain sanity. 6. In a recent interview Hanks says that Chuck went back to Bettina Wings. Inside the opening scene package, among other things, were her divorce papers. 7. When he's talking to his friend and says, "I had power over nothing...." is what gets to me. 8.Tom Hanks is the GOAT of my lifetime. I'm 62 years old. FWIW: Dit dit dit Dah dah dah Dit dit dit = SOS

THANK YOU for pointing out how insensitive the catering for his welcome home party was. Almost nobody seems to notice this! If I was in charge of planning a party for someone who had been stuck on an island for four years, I'd make a menu with cheeseburgers, hot dogs, ice cream, etc. I would not allow any seafood within a mile of that gathering.

I dont think her husband was trying to prevent Kelly from seeing Jack. He was just trying to protect the woman he loves from being unhappy. The prospect of seeing Jack again was making her cry, so he was trying to “fix” that. He might have been wrong, but I think his motives were pure.

Hey, just wanted to mention that when they were having problems on the plane and the pilot mentions that they “may have to ditch”, that doesn’t mean that they may have to abandon the aircraft mid-flight. That’s referred to as “bailing”. In aircrew lingo, “ditching” is crashing into the water and getting out afterwards (providing you survive the crash into water part).

Great reaction Jen. The fact that you're scared of flying AND open water really does amp up that beginning. I was always a fan of reading books like The Hatchet and Robinson Crusoe when I was younger, so I went to see this one in the theater when it came out and I was in middle school. Came out very happy with my decision. A great movie, emotional roller coaster and a "happy?" ending. Side note : Yes, you can in fact make fire like that. Simply put, you rub two sticks together with proper air access to create Punk (smoldering wood dust), and dump that punk into tinder. Apply air till flame forms, then add kindling and steadily build your fire up. I have this image of you showing up for your next flight in full survival gear w/ goggles and a snorkel XD Good luck with that.

My wife and I took a class where we learned to make a friction fire. It is all technique and ... after much effort, we did it. It tapped into something deeply primal and was hugely satisfying.

12:13 You can definitely drink coconut water (coconut milk is the liquid pressed from the coconut flesh; coconut water is naturally inside the coconut itself). In fact coconut water is packaged and sold in many supermarkets and convenience stores and is quite delicious and refreshing, especially when it’s refrigerated. It’s high in potassium and is a natural thirst quencher. Definitely give it a try!

Great reaction! I still think that the plane crash scene is one of, if not the most terrifying realistic experiences I've seen in a movie. The pitch black ocean really set the vibe in the theater. Cast Away is one of my favorite films ever. I love how such a simple concept can also be interpreted as much deeper than just survival. At its core, the movie is about time. Like mother nature, time is unforgiving. Like you said, Chuck is a born problem solver. But he lives his life by attempting to control time. He schedules everything in his life. He reprimands his employees for not being on time. The first thing he does after being given a pocket watch for Christmas is set the time to correspond with the photo. So when Chuck is thrown out of his scheduled world (cast away from it, even!) he is abruptly shown that time is not on his side. He has "power over nothing." So Chuck stops thinking about time as an asset, but instead as a gift. The longer he can survive with what time he can afford is a step closer to what he wants the most, which is to see his loved ones again. But time is unforgiving. Time doesn't wait for anybody, including the dead. So when he miraculously gets what he wants and is put back into his old world of constructed time, he sees that time moves forward without him. Kelly has moved on, it was the right thing to do. Opportunity was lost to time, and instead of grieving for lost time as the old Chuck might have done, he appreciates what Kelly's company meant to him on that island and moves forward, with time as an ally, not his enemy. He has finally stopped trying to control time, making the best of what time he knows he has left. Honestly, there's so much to say about this film, I could go on and on about how well-written every single scene is and how all of it conveys exactly what it needs to about the underlying themes. Cast Away is such a fantastic example of intense spiritualism contained within what can easily just be viewed as an entertaining survivalist movie with a tragic love story thread. I'm always so happy to see there are people still watching it for the first time, as I feel it is BY FAR Tom Hanks' most underrated role (the commitment to the body transformation alone is never really talked about enough) and I think this is Robert Zemeckis' most slept-on film compared to his previous hits like Back to the Future and Forest Gump. If you're looking for another well-made thriller starring Tom Hanks and the open ocean, I would recommend you check out Captain Phillips! Based on a true story, with some great performances.

Very emotional. For Chuck, when the plane went down, his life continued, thinking of getting back to Kelly. Four years later, she moved on and her life changed because she thought Chuck had died. Then to hear he was alive, knowing they could never be together must have been difficult for both of them.

If you look closely, the wind direction plays a role in the story. It blows towards the open sea 4 years later (it didn't when he tried the first time and got washed back on the island). And when he's at the literal crossroads, it blows towards the woman after she stopped to give him pointers. So you can safely assume his next direction was following her. 😁

28:35 - That’s how I’ve always interpreted it. I think Kelly’s new husband knows how much they loved each other and he low key felt a little threatened. That shot of her pacing back and forth from the car I take to mean she actually wanted to see him, but he was trying to smoothly talk her out of it.

This really was a great movie Jen!The angel girl in the truck at the end was Lari White she was a very famous country singer with some big hits,sadly she died from cancer at only 52!

Wilson should have gotten the best supporting actor award. Wilson never said a word but was able to evoke such emotional responses from Chuck Noland (and the viewers), especially there towards the end when he drifted way with the current...😉😊

Fantastic ending! Didn’t wrap everything up nicely with a bow. Teases only possibilities - keeps you thinking

Like The Shawshank Redemption, this is a movie where the main character goes through a long ordeal but comes out on the other side of it appreciatiive of having survived - and that things can get better. I try to think of this perspective whenever I get down and feel like it will never end.

Love this movie so much. The screenwriter tried living alone on a beach for a few days for inspiration, and that's where he came up with the idea for Wilson because it was the loneliness that really got to him. Zemeckis was on a great run of films at this time, others are mentioning "What Lies Beneath" and it's a very fun twisty-turny-scary movie with great performances; and he also made the wonderful "Contact" which is a lovely, hopeful film about communicating with aliens in the vein of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind." Tom Hanks is good in so, so many movies, but for a change of pace I'd highly recommend "That Thing You Do!," which he wrote and directed and is a really fun, charming musical about a 60's pop band having overnight success.

When you can captivate me for almost entire film by yourself you're a genius. Even when Tom Hanks plays a "local idiot" in Forrest Gump he's absolutely brilliant.

You're right Jen, goodbyes are hard. I've said "goodbye" many times, strike that, too many times, and every time it tore me to pieces. For me, the best scene is when he has the lighter, flicking the flame on and off. Such a simple scene, but ever so thought provoking. I'd love to see you watch "The Way We Were" Robert Redford and Barbra Streisand. Or, "Havana" Robert Redford. Two of the greatest love stories of all time.

I’ve had a nightmare where the cockpit window is just the ground getting closer and closer. I can’t imagine actually crashing like that, especially in the ocean

Glad you noticed that there is not orchestral score at all during the entire time he's stranded on the island - over 45 minutes of screen time - which is almost unheard of in movies

Not much music in the beginning, for sure.. but it’s sure worth the wait.. that theme when he leaves the Island, is amazing.. I cry almost everytime I listen to that.. A masterpiece..! 🥰

Robert Zemeckis also directed Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump (1994) which can be argued as one of the greatest movies ever made. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) is another fun Zemeckis film. You’ve already reacted to his Back to the Future movies. Great Director!!!

Crazy how much Tom Hanks can make us care about a volleyball, right? Great flick, great reaction!

JEN: "A FedEx commercial during Super Bowl XXXVII parodied the final scene of the film, in which Chuck Noland returns a package to its sender. In this version, the woman answers the door, and when Noland asks what was in the box, the woman replies: 'Just a satellite phone, GPS locator, fishing rod, water purifier, and some seeds. Just silly stuff.' "

You might like the Peter Weir movie "Fearless" (the one made in 1993) with Jeff Bridges and a slew of other great actors. It is about the survivors of a plane crash and the challenges they face trying to piece their lives together after their experience of escaping near-certain death.

That was lovely, thank you. Exactly how I would hope someone would react to a movie that has become one of my favorites. And I'm so glad there's somebody else out there who hates goodbyes as much as I do!

Jen, Hanks was given an Oscar nomination for Best Actor but didn't win. However, Wilson did win a Golden Globe for Best Inanimate Object!! I love the final shot at the crossroads, a perfect metaphor for life!! 🏐

Great reaction as always Jen. Rumors are that the package he delivered at the end of the movie had a satellite phone in it. Yup they made us cry over a dang volleyball. Wilson Sporting Goods actually makes a volleyball with the 'Wilson' face on it.

yea JEN this was an amazing effort by the whole Zemeckis ( he directed the BAck to Future films) team, TOm showed up on oscars show with a beard after they filmed the Island first scenes and then lost all that weight, and they went back to show him in better shape with the long blondish hair and the rest of the film. I know theres lots of people who would give up after a few mnths let alone being on an island for 4 years! what a coconut diet too lol

I had the good fortune to watch this movie in the theaters completely blind. I never saw a trailer for it or anything. It was an amazing and life changing experience to say the least. Makes you think of your whole life in a different way and try to appreciate and not take things for granted.

"Fearless" starring Jeff Bridges. It is the mother of all plane crash movies. But the movie is so fantastic I don't think you can avoid it. Put it on the list!

A couple of years ago, in the middle of the night, I just decided to go find that crossroads from the end of the movie, drove up that road, saw that house.. Didn't realize it at the time, but parked my Jeep in almost the exact same spot when I came back up. I've always loved the way that movie ends, with him standing at the crossroad, deciding where this new life is going to take him..

This is where I’m most in awe - where at the end of movie the reactor(s) can just give a whole page thought about what they saw. And, there’s not a break in the thought…incredible!

WILSON!!! I'M SORRY, WILSON!!

As a never married 38 year old I hear ya on the family dinners 😂 and I cried too when Wilson floated away. Poor wilson

I feel the same about flying. I will always drive, regardless of distance, unless it's an emergency. I hate flying. I can't breathe. I can't think. I want off.

One thing you have to realize in watching Tom Hanks movies. Never travel with Tom Hanks!! Greyhound Apollo 13, Cast Away, captain Phillips, Sully, Joe vs the Volcano. I am sure I am missing a couple…

Great reaction Jen! You should definitely check out "Splash" which is a much more lighthearted film and the film that made Tom Hanks a star. The film also stars Darryl Hannah, Eugene Levy and a hilarious John Candy.

JEN: "Modriki Island (also called Monuriki Island), [was] the filming site for the movie 'Cast Away.' Modriki Island is located in the Mamanuca Island group, located just off the main island of Fiji."

Knowing your loveable, gregarious personality... you definitely have to see Robert Zemeckis... Who Framed Roger Rabbit? You will LOVE this film... I guarantee it.

This film always makes me tear up, but I have to say, because I usually see you so jovial and upbeat during your reactions, seeing you cry during this one actually made me tear up more than the film did 😅 Great reaction as always! I love this film so much.

Another great reaction, Jen! FYI, Hanks won back-to-back Best Actor Oscars for “Philadelphia” and “Forrest Gump” in 1993 and 1994, becoming only the second actor to do so (Spencer Tracy).

Check out Tom Hanks in : SULLY based on the amazing True story of a plane ✈️ that had its engines taken out by a bird strike and how Sully was able to land in the Hudson River safely, with no loss of life!!!They say they don’t think anyone else would’ve been capable of doing it but Sully!! So well done!! Tom does it again!!👍

I love this movie. Saw it in the theater when it came out, and the crash was terrifying in the theater. It's definitely one of the best Tom Hanks movies!

20:35 Tom Hanks did indeed both gain and lose weight for this film, approximately 50 pounds. In fact, the production company took about a year off after filming the first half of the movie while Tom lost the weight and grew his hair out and grew a beard, and during that time off, the same production team (mostly) made the movie WHAT LIES BENEATH (2000), with Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer. Then they returned and completed the second half of CAST AWAY. Pretty intense dedication!

It wasn't what I expected either. For which I'm happy because this was much better.

I remember a friends house watching this and tom hanks lost wilson. Friends dad walks in with a beer in one hand and watches from the doorway. Just says "getting a little emotional about the ball there" and leaves. cracks me up to this day.

My wife and I have been wanting our entire lives to see Tom Hanks play a villain. We both know he would hit it out of the park but don't think it will ever happen. Close we'll ever get is Road to Perdition(which is also an amazing movie).

No matter how many times I’ve rewatched this movie it causes me to cry. Can’t say enough about Tom Hanks.

Yes! A fellow "Mad About You" fan!!! Most reactors see Helen Hunt and say, "Oh, it's that gal from "Twister"." You're the first to mention "Mad About You" so thank you for that! Love this movie and you gave a great reaction to it. You said you need to watch "Forrest Gump" (highly recommended), but I'd also check out 2 of Tom Hanks' romantic comedies: "Sleepless In Seattle" and "You've Got Mail".

I too live in the middle of nowhere. Sorta. Can almost see one neighbor's house from our farm. But we are 12 minutes from two different breweries. So, all is well.

Knowing of & loving Mad About You makes you more awesome

Great Tom Hanks film. Master class in the 'show not tell' screenplay. Also, I have watched this a number of times, but I never noticed before, that the shot of Tom, @10:44 in your vid, seems to show the place where he attempt to self terminate, and then his cry of 'help' maybe echo his later desperation? Also, Tom Hanks is always enjoying a good peeing scene in all of his movies. Peace All.

Jen, you never fail to pick great movies. Enjoy! P.S. His speech about losing Kelly at the end is one of my favorite movie moments of all time…

Great reaction, Jen! This is one of those films, that no matter how many times I see it, still makes me tear up. Another survival film that you may want to consider is All is Lost, with Robert Redford. Different from Cast Away, still compelling. Be well.

I love this film. It’s very bittersweet and at times melancholy but ultimately it’s inspiring and hopeful, and it’s a beautiful exploration of the human condition. A lot of people tend to laugh at the idea of Chuck crying when he loses Wilson but Wilson isn’t just a ball, it’s Chuck’s lifeline to his sanity and his humanity. When he loses the connection to one of the few things that helped keep him alive while he was on the island, it makes total sense that he would feel that loss deeply and grieve over it. Tom didn’t win an Oscar for this film, Jen, although I believe he was nominated for it. He won his Oscars for PHILADELPHIA (1993) and FORREST GUMP (1994). Those films are both highly recommended, as are SPLASH! (1984), DRAGNET (1986), BIG (1988), A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN (1992), APOLLO 13 (1995), ROAD TO PERDITION (2002), THE TERMINAL (2004), BRIDGE OF SPIES (2015), SULLY (2016), THE POST (2017), GREYHOUND (2020), NEWS OF THE WORLD (2020), and his directorial debut, THAT THING YOU DO! (1996).

A great film. The joke has always been that there was a satellite phone with a battery in the package he never opened. In the 2003 Super Bowl FedEx had a commercial where he delivered the package, and the woman lists off what was in it, a phone, GPS, water purifier, a fishing pole and some seeds.

Him losing Kelly again is heartbreaking. That theme that plays is the movies main score. It invokes loneliness and a sense of being marooned. Time is....by nature cruel. Because it keeps moving. He learns you cant control time. Love is enduring and forever. The theme also invokes love. Love is timeless. This movie is honestly hard to watch because of what we as humans take for granted is actually the saddest part of our lives. Time is always moving forward. Hug longer. Dont wait for another time, because time waits for no one.

The audience went nuts when that light appeared on the horizon.

When Tom Hanks was filming this movie, little could he have known that he would later star in another plane-crash-on-water movie, but one in which the outcome is far different.

Congrats for reaching 50k subs !!!

Luv ur reactions Jen. You are so peppy, it makes me smile.

It's totally true what you said about losing someone you love that much. My first wife was my High School sweetheart, who I married. To this day, I know she was the love of my life. When She died, just under 3 years after we had gotten married, I knew I would never find anyone like that again. I am now on my third marriage, though I dearly loved the 2nd and current wives, nothing has ever compared to that first. Once you found the one, that is it, I am sure of that now. I feel Helen Hunt's character's pain, but having to endure that kind of loss twice would be far too much to handle. Didn't mean to be a downer, but felt I needed to chime in on that. This is one of my favorite films and clearly one of Tom Hanks' best. Love your reactions, please keep it up.

I felt emotional too, when he lost Wilson and had to give up trying to get him back. Tom Hanks did lose a ton of weight for the role. While the film was on a break, for him to lose weight, he was in production with Steven Spielberg on Band of Brothers. There’s behind-the-scenes footage of him with his very long hair as Band was filming. Speaking of which, if you haven’t seen that HBO mini-series, it’s excellent. Loved your reaction, as always. Peace …

Poor Chuck, he lost the love of his life, because he was stranded on an island for years. Definitely one of Tom Hanks' most captivating performances.

Great reaction Jen! This movie should have won all the awards. Unfortunately, it came out the same year as, "Gladiator" which swept everything. Tom Hanks went through it, losing 55 in four months to film the 4 years later part.

Have you ever considered doing reactions to songs? You're really acutely aware of the score and sound design of every movie you watch, I reckon you'd have really thoughtful reactions to songs you were hearing for the first time (which people who already know the songs would really appreciate). 🙌