Castaway
Taste attributes: adventuredramabiographyslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticlinearenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiphuman spirit/resilience/survivalunderdog triumphs
Boxlist takeRealistic and slow-burning: a fresh adventure film, heavy rather than light. Best if you like patience over pace.
Taste details
Pace: very slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
Quality rating
6.4 /10
TMDB · 87 votes
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What lines up
- Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
- Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
- Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Realism: True to life, where this profile leans balanced realism
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Synopsis
Middle-aged Gerald Kingsland advertises in a London paper for a female companion to spend a year with him on a desert island. The young Lucy Irving takes a chance on contacting him and after a couple of meetings they decide to go ahead. Once on the island things prove a lot less idyllic than in the movies, and gradually it becomes clear that it is Lucy who has the desire and the strength to try and see the year through.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
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Where this title sits on each taste spectrum
Directed by
- Nicolas Roeg
Cast
- Oliver Reed
- Amanda Donohoe
- Georgina Hale
- Frances Barber
- Tony Rickards
Details
- Genre
- Adventure
- Year
- 1986
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- United British Artists (UBA)
- Taste scores
- How we score
Similar in feel
Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.
