What can you say... another film made by Spielberg and starring Tom Hanks. It
can't miss, right? Almost all of the side characters in this very interesting
and original film are very good, but what makes this movie really special and
entertaining is Tom Hanks playing Victor Navorski. Hanks should certainly be up
for yet another Oscar for this marvelous performance. He' funny as well as
sympathetic. And his accent while knowing very little English is right on the
mark. My main quibble with this film is that I didn't buy the Catherine
Zeta-Jones character at all. For some reason she just was not very believable
to me in this role and the character is a stereotype woman we have seen so many
times before. Also, I found the character played by Stanley Tucci to be a bit
over the top and somewhat not real as well. But if you want to go see a
feel-good movie that is highly entertaining and contains a great Hanks
performance, don't miss this one.

3 1/2 POPS
Mike