Cast Away (2000) REACTION 

Only Tom Hanks can have the world crying over a volleyball.

Ellie: "oh come on, it's just a ball!" Also Ellie:

Ellie: "She's going with him... NOOOO!!!" Also Ellie: "She's leaving him... NOOOO!!!"

Ellie’s disgusted horror face is one of her cutest expressions. Lol

Saving the last package for delivery gave him hope that the would make it off the island. Something to live for.

Out of all the people on RU-vid doing reaction videos, Ellie is by far the best. When she watches a movie she gets so emotionally involved, she gets scared, She gets happy, she laughs, she cries. Ellie makes watching a movie again a whole new experience and fun. Great videos Ellie, having a blast!

FUN FACT: This is the longest FedEx Commercial..lol

I think he kept the 1 package as a way to remind himself that he will make it off the island, that he has a purpose to get off there.

I have always said that if you notice, in the end, to celebrate his return, they served the most expensive ... SEAFOOD. Pretty sure the last thing Tom wanted to eat and celebrate his return with would be seafood. I believe this was used to reflect how the people are doing this to make themselves feel better, to give them some catharsis for giving up. It wasn't about Tom , it was about themselves.

I know that what happened to Wilson is just an accident, but I keep thinking that his departure symbolizes that now he is no longer needed by the character returning to civilization

It went over Ellies head I think, which I get, a lot of people miss it. But one of my favorite funny lines in the movie is when he told Wilson that his dentist back in the states was named Spalding. For those who don't get it, Spalding...like Wilson...is another top manufacturer of athletic balls. Mostly soccer, volleyball, and basketballs

Imagine if Wilson had made it, Tom Hanks would have an unhealthy relationship with a ball

"Back home in Memphis, my dentist's name is Dr. James Spalding." The reason this is of note in a conversation with Wilson the Volleyball is that Spalding is a common brand of basketball. 🏀🙈🏐

For people who don’t get the ending, he gives that look at the end while facing down the road that that girl went. So obviously (to me anyways) it means he’s gonna go after the girl.

"Is he protecting the packages so he can deliver them once he's free?" Of course! It's very important that people get their packages in as little time as possible! 📦😉📦

Love that he wanted nothing but land at the end…surrounded by a “sea” of land. And whoever chose the seafood buffet for his return made a grave mistake!

I love how when Tom Hanks said “I’ll be right back” that Ellie stared right at the camera like she was thinking “I don’t think so”…

You didn't notice the wings on the tailgate of the truck as she was driving away at the end. The same wings that were on the package, the same wings that got him through the wave, the same wings flying him toward his destiny.

1. Chuck was (lucky?) that he was chasing that pocket watch and out of his seat. Otherwise he would have died in the crash. 2. It's a damned good thing he's resourceful. 3. The bright side is that there're aren't any dangerous animals on the island. The dark side is that there aren't animals he can eat either. 4. "A big one" That's what she said. LOL 5. Aside from Chuck himself I've never seen anybody so happier that he made fire than Ellie. 6. He's upper management. Imagine how much back pay is in store for him. If he wanted to he wouldn't have to work again. 7. In a recent interview Hanks said at the cross road of Chuck's new life he went back to the winged lady. 8. I love Ellie. She's so expressive and my favorite Homie. Now I'm go to RE-watch her do The Green Mile again!

26:46 A Legend is born. I can’t believe the actor who played Wilson wasn’t even nominated in a "supporting" role. His performance is "still" today, the greatest of all time, in terms of acting without talking

Ellie, they actually still sell “Wilson” volleyballs here, complete with the red face on them. 😉🏐 Coincidentally, Tom Hanks has had a Wilson with him for over 30 years - his wife Rita Wilson. 💕

Ellie, you're a kind soul and a beautiful woman. Your reactions are some of the only things that keep me going. You're a rare gift.

I love that the writer knew, when he first introduced a volleyball into the movie, that he would make the audience cry over that inanimate object before the movie ends.

Did you notice the wing design painted on the back of the pick up truck at the end when the woman stopped and gave him directions. The package he delivered belonged to her.

The area he's lost in is "twice the size of Texas." For comparison, that's about 3 times the size of the Black Sea. It's going to be nearly impossible for anyone to find him.

The guy in the cowboy hat was the husband of the lady who owned the farm at the end, he was in Russia cheating on her and at the end you can see the sign of the farm and the husbands name had been removed from the sign suggesting he is no longer in the picture suggesting that Chuck would end up with her in the end.

Interesting fact: In order for Tom Hanks’ character to appear as thin as he did during his time on the island, he had to go on another diet so he could appear as thin as he did. There was a 14-month break in the making of the film to give Hanks the time needed to do this. It was the second time he had to lose weight for a film. The first was during the filming of Philadelphia (1993). In that film, he played a lawyer who was HIV-Positive. He had to go on a specific diet to make it look like his character was battling this illness.

Just so you know since English isn't your first language, we don't call those "clocks". If it can fit in your pocket or goes around your wrist then we call it a "watch". More specifically, either a "pocket watch" or a "wrist watch".

Something I didn't notice the first time I watched and I'm pretty sure a lot of people don't notice, is that the whales were following and helping him, they spray water on him to wake him up when Wilson floats away and again when the ship is going past. Whales and dolphins have actually been known in real life to save people lost at sea

"She's married to the guy from Sex in the City?" - LMFAO

He survived surrounded by water, a break up, and in the end while surrounded by dry land still had a choice to make.

The last thing I ordered from Russia to the US sat in customs for three weeks. 82 hours is impressive.

I think the saddest reveal is that the last rope he had to get was what he used to try to commit suicide. Hence his reluctance to go up there. A slow, but emotionally impactful movie.

Ngl ... I cry everytime he loses Wilson at sea 😰😭😭😭😭🤣😂

In an audience meet when this movie opened someone asked Robert Zemeckis what was in the unopened FedEx package and he answered, "A solar powered satellite phone."

Wilson isn't just a volleyball. Wilson is him. They both arrive at the island bloated, fat, pale, hairless... through the hardship of survival both of them are bloodstained and turn leather-brown and thin in the sunlight. When he creates and befriends Wilson he makes a mirror-image companion in the spirit of his own self. You may notice he and Wilson almost always disagree, as one often does with the voices within ourselves. When Wilson is lost, a part of him is lost too. He has to say goodbye to that temporary but necessary part of himself that he once needed to survive... in order to survive. That's why it's so powerful.

At the end, the girl in the pickup truck had the 2 golden wings from the package he saved on the back of her truck. Also he named Wilson after the company that made him, then made a joke that his dentist's name is Dr Spaulding. Spaulding is another company that makes soccer balls.

Great reaction! A little-known fact is that Wilson was actually nominated for Best Supporting Actor.

Ellie is so adorable her childlike reactions make my day!

When he said: Berkersfield !! When he founded the piece of fiber plastic floating, is a city in California. Just in case some people are wondering.

I spent sometime working at the Fed-Ex Mega hub in Memphis. We didn't fool around when it came to loading or unloading planes. And yes, the Memphis scenes were filmed here, including the house at the end.

The "ice skate tooth surgery" scene is one of the hardest to watch in ANY movie. Because Tom Hanks did such a great job portraying how much he was dreading doing it! And, The Package... That's the only thing that gave him hope, and purpose. As long as he had ONE package to deliver, it gave him a reason to not die. Plus, the "bring him back to life party"? What dumbass had SUSHI and CRAB LEGS catered for him???

Oh..these eyes, this smile🙄 Infinitely fascinated😊 You know, Ellie, there is an alternative ending where he find out that last package contains a satellite phone! 😂

If I was on a deserted island with Ellie, I know I will survive. As hanks is opening the packages, she is yelling how they can help.

Ellie you have such a pure soul. Your compassion is beautiful. Thank you for this reaction. 😘

There's another movie, made after this one (sorry, I can't remember the title) where some crewmen are playing ball on a US Navy aircraft carrier. The ball goes over the side and floats away, and someone shouts "WILSONNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!" after it. If I remember correctly, doing this has become something of an standard joke in the US Navy in real life now.

Her facial reactions are so adorable.

Ellie is so emotional, i just want to give her a hug

8:35 - It's not explained in the movie, but it must've been a malfunction that caused an explosion which opened a hole in the plane somewhere. It's that windy because at flight altitude the pressure inside the plane is much higher than outside so everything gets sucked out. It's scary but that's what happens in case of decompression, hope we'll never have to experience it. The good new is that a plane cannot actually go down so fast unless it loses its wings so in real life this accident could be very probably survivable (unless you have an heart attack from fear). 8:40 - And that's why we have to keep our seat belts fastened at all time on a plane. 27:04 - It is but it takes hours and hours to start a fire by friction (it's very realistic) and yet is the first thing you have to do in a survival situation. 31:11 - And that wouldn't solve the problem as a dentist shoud remove surgically the sack where the pus accumulates or it will fill up again. 37:10 - I think the meaning is that it helps him staying alive the thought that he had to deliver at least one package considering his dedication to work. So he keeps one parcel closed. There was a joke back then for an advertisement where at the end of the movie he asks the redhead what's inside and it was a satellite telephone, a fishing rod, and other useful things to survive. 43:07 - When I watched this movie at the cinema as a child it was so weird that EVERYBODY around me was crying. But even back then I got it, Wilson wasn't just a ball. 44:39 - I've always found it surprising that he could fly ever again. 52:50 - And he has a new Wilson ball! 52:54 - Notice how the name Dick is missing from the arc. It means that the readhead has left the cowboy guy from the beginning ;) At the ending nobody really know what will happen. It's the perfect ending because we can decide in our mind what is going to happen. Most people choose that he follows the redhead.

Ellie is one of the most sincere and emotionally involved out of all reacting youtubers, almost like a child- without a deceit or pretending, etc.))

I love how they used whales 🐋 in this movie, whales are known for protecting u from other predators, their sound alone underwater can boil u alive and other whales in the area will flap the water with their tails which can be heard for Miles and miles underwater and predators stay away, im guessing that whale sticked around since he left the Island to when the ship found him.. Whales sure are special💕🐋

FWIW, Kelly's husband wasn't stopping her from seeing Chuck; in the parking lot it's much more likely he was keeping her from forcing herself to go in there even though she was clearly not ready (which she would have told him setting him up to go talk to Chuck in the first place). Actually really feel for her husband. He's not an idiot and I seriously doubt he was sleeping peacefully while she and Chuck visited downstairs, or even while she ran out to kiss him. Poor bastard was probably just laying awake wondering if he'd still have a wife in the morning.

I always thought it would be hilarious if the package he didn't open contained a knife, fishing gear,matches, a tooth extraction kit,a coconut husking and tapping tool,garden seeds, and a tropical island survival book.

"LET THE WOMAN!!!" I felt that one so deeply :)

the nod of approval you gave when he found and clicked the flashlight made me lol

so much emotion in this movie and the lack of soundtrack while on the island, just to add to silent, isolated feeling. Also, many seem to miss this but the piece on the raft that gets caught is the transponder, that would have given the search parties his exact location. It gets caught and ripped off the raft, then sinks with the plane.

Talking to Wilson was the only thing keeping him sane, that package he never opened was the only thing left giving him purpose, so that he would have to stay alive and get out of that island to deliver it.

It's " Not Just a ball " ........Nobody ever had a better physiological friend than Chuck Noland had in Wilson . Wilson never complained, so very supportive, never talked out of turn, someone to tell all your complaints and struggles to, knowing they have nothing but your back. Keeping your secrets a must. We all need a Wilson ! At least when no ones looking .

So many movies today spend millions on CGI characters that nobody ends up caring about. This movie in 2000 made people sad/cry about a volleyball

Tom Hanks' incredible acting & Alan Silvestri's brilliant score = 😭😭😭

The musical score superbly done. the same notes bring sadness and at other times Hope. The acting is so intensely good in so many places. The Hug given at 48:11 ...you can feel the need, The touch of closeness. Nolan at first holding back but the giving totally in to it. That kiss at 15:40 is what I want to give my late wife when I see her again. She passed away in 2009 from cancer, Married for 30 years and the only girl I ever kissed. There has Never been another since 2009 and I want to so much to do it again with only her. She was the only Love of my life and I have not let her go but I ........."will keep Breathing".

26:51 "Oh he's lonely...next level lonely" Same.

His attachment to Wilson touches my heart so much… And the pain of losing Kelly all over again.. hits you in the feels. Great film, awesome reaction..as always 👍🏼

The girl at the end was the woman who the package belonged to. Notice the same "wings" logo on the back of the truck - they are the same as the wings on the box. Great film!

One of greatest true story movies, an another Tom Hanks movie you should make a reaction to is Apollo 13

32:40 - I'm from Bakersfield, California. I've never seen someone be so excited to ever seen anything from Bakersfield, lol.

I love when Elies eyes get big as saucers when she is excited.

Very good movie, sad the part when he loses Wilson :( ... It reminded me of the movie "Alive", based on real events, excellent movie for you to react too, hopefully you will at some point. Greetings.

"Light, light, there is a light!" It's like...she's there.

I would like to watch Ellie watching “Life of Pi” …

The situation where he returns and she has moved on is one of the most heart wrenching moments. He still loves her and she still loves him, but how can they love each other without hurting others. No one wins. You know her husband knows she still loves him and that her staying with him means she has to lose him all over again. What a wonderfully tragic scene.

When we are alone we almost get attached by each and every stuff that made us alive... Specially when wilson as a friend came in his life give him some kinda balance that he's not alone... Even he's imaginary for us but for him he's real as a person and the closest thing to him!! That really broke my heart... Cuz i used to talk with one of my toy when i was younger and any kinda problems i had, i used to share and pretend as same... The amazing thing was when i talk to him things actually clarified... Moments when I can't deal with gives me some kinda clarification and i know it was all coming from me but it was like he was here.. then one day in an festival my mom invited some of my classmates cuz i most of the time was lonely and those goons took him from my room and I wasn't aware later when i was searching for my toy one of my classmates told me that other dudes took the toy and tied it with a rocket and blew it... In that night i was searching everywhere atleast a small piece of him would give some peace.. it was so heart broken for me.. later my mom gifted me the same toy... For few days it wasn't like my old one... Because there was something with my old toy... The old toy was made by my grandfather the day when i was born... We both were together from the very beginning... Every moment i shared everytime i was alone all the moments and situations that he was with me made him alive for me!!!

This is one of the most beautiful movies Ive ever seen! The situation is so crazy, and somehow he still needs to find a way all over again! Just sums up what is life

Amazing movie! Great reaction Ellie! "Wilson! I'm sorry!" - Absolutely Heart-Breaking -

Ellie's reactions are the bar by which I judge all other reactions...Hail the Queen

Oh I know this will be a rough one. Ellie is too sweet to handle the heartbreak of an ending that this movie gives TWICE

He needs to be needed. He needs to be the messenger for the final package, just as he needs to be Wilson's caretaker. Those are the things that will make him excel, beyond any expectation, and so those are the things his mind creates, to motivate him. Brains are pretty clever at helping you survive.

He held the most of the show all by himself amazing......

14:04 I was a Peace Corps volunteer in the South Pacific...and ya trying to break open a coconut without tools is near impossible. Even if you get through the tough outer hull you still have the hard coconut seed inside, which is where all the edible stuff is. But man when you finally get into the coconut meat of a green coconut it's like Heaven.

Ellie, did you notice the Wings on the back of her truck... The same Wings on the package he delivered. It is said by some, there are no accidents no coincidences. And out of all the people he should meet on a lonely stretch of rode in the middle of nowhere, but the person for whom the one package was ment.

I think if I were stranded on an island with Ellie I would not want to go home. Such a cute video. Thank you Ellie!

The executive producer said in a q and a that the package had a water proof solar powered satellite cellphone inside.

I love your reactions so much. So genuine.

Love your reactions on this. I knew as soon as I saw the thumbnail, that you would love this movie.😊❤🔥

tom hanks is the most dangerous man alive and I would not want to be in the same hemisphere as him. Stranded on island, 2 plane crashes, spacecraft blew up, got aids, ship overrun by pirates... shocked they didn't cast him as the captain in 'titanic'

You were scream for the crew to look down, the alarm you hear in the background is the man overboard alarm, so they saw him right away..

This movie is inspirational. It says, “Keep breathing.” Today was hard, but you never know what the tide will bring tomorrow. We never know what’s over the horizon. God’s mercies are new every morning.

My favourite reaction so far. Wow. “Ship! ship!” was a highlight. I really enjoyed watching that again with you. I can’t handle the Wilson moment either.

The soundtrack to this movie is great

30:30 When I first watched this i could never understand how he could bring himself to knock out his tooth with an ice skate and a rock, then I got a toothache............now I understand, if you've never had it it's almost impossible to describe how painful it is, it had to be the WORST pain imaginable and even now i can't even describe it, it's one of those things you have to experience to understand but i wouldn't wish for anyone to have that pain.

Wilson was not just a ball!! 😂😂 it was Wilson!!! This film has me in tears everytime 😭

That’s why Amazon can get us our packages on the next day. There are people working that hard across the world 🌎

I was in a park in Florida and heard that same "thunk, thunk" from coconuts falling every few minutes.

I love your reactions sweetheart. You have loving soul and spirit. One thing about the movie I think most people miss is the double meaning in the title. Chuck Nolan was certainly a castaway (one word) stranded on that island, but the title is two words, "Cast Away". The whole time Chuck was stranded, the hope of getting back to Kelly kept him alive. He finally escaped only to learn she had (reluctantly) Cast him Away and married Jerry.

Disfrute con las reacciones de ella recordando la primera vez que vi esta película con mi madre, increíble.

Your reaction to this movie Ellie was priceless!!!

One thing I always thought would make more sense is if he anthropomorphised his hand print with a face rather than the ball once he lost Wilson

"He reached land ... or these are just random rocks??" LMAO I mean ... if you think about it, all land really is is just random rocks

Good thing about reacting to this movie is there's no music copyright

Seriously my fav movie Tom Hanks is the greatest modern day actor, I've seen this flick around 8 times an watching with u was an experience laughing cringing tearing up an I even whaled like a baby twice in this movie first when he had to let Wilson go and when he realised he lost the love of his life,your reactions drive me crazy with laughter really enjoy this reaction time thanks