'ADRIFT': Three and a Half Stars (Out of Five)
A survival drama based on the true story of a couple that got stranded in the Pacific Ocean, and then had to find their way home to Hawaii without any help or navigational tools. It stars Shailene Woodley and Sam Claflin, and it's based on the book 'Red Sky at Mourning: A True Story of Love, Loss, and Survival at Sea' (by Tami Oldham Ashcraft and Susea McGearhart). The film was scripted by Aaron Kandell, Jordan Kandell and David Branson Smith, and it was directed and produced by Baltasar Kormákur (who's also helmed the disaster flicks 'THE DEEP' and 'EVEREST'). It's received mixed to positive reviews from critics so far, and I found it to be somewhat involving and intense at times.
The story focuses on sailors Tami Oldham (Woodley) and Richard Sharp (Claflin), who took a sailing job in 1983 and sailed right into a hurricane. The disaster left them stranded in the Pacific Ocean, with both their boat badly damaged, as well as Richard seriously wounded. It was up to Tami, the lesser experienced of the two sailors, to lead them back to Hawaii without any navigational tools. The two were also deeply in love as well.
The film is well shot and acted. I'm a Shailene Woodley fan, and I was once again impressed with her starring performance in particular. The romance seems a little old and routine, and it never felt particularly emotional or heartfelt to me. The survival scenes are well done though, and Woodley makes a great reluctant action heroine (once again). There's also a nice twist that I didn't see coming, at the end. Overall the movie is pretty much exactly what I expected it to be, nothing more and nothing less, which is a 3.5 star rating (out of 5) for me.
A survival drama based on the true story of a couple that got stranded in the Pacific Ocean, and then had to find their way home to Hawaii without any help or navigational tools. It stars Shailene Woodley and Sam Claflin, and it's based on the book 'Red Sky at Mourning: A True Story of Love, Loss, and Survival at Sea' (by Tami Oldham Ashcraft and Susea McGearhart). The film was scripted by Aaron Kandell, Jordan Kandell and David Branson Smith, and it was directed and produced by Baltasar Kormákur (who's also helmed the disaster flicks 'THE DEEP' and 'EVEREST'). It's received mixed to positive reviews from critics so far, and I found it to be somewhat involving and intense at times.
The story focuses on sailors Tami Oldham (Woodley) and Richard Sharp (Claflin), who took a sailing job in 1983 and sailed right into a hurricane. The disaster left them stranded in the Pacific Ocean, with both their boat badly damaged, as well as Richard seriously wounded. It was up to Tami, the lesser experienced of the two sailors, to lead them back to Hawaii without any navigational tools. The two were also deeply in love as well.
The film is well shot and acted. I'm a Shailene Woodley fan, and I was once again impressed with her starring performance in particular. The romance seems a little old and routine, and it never felt particularly emotional or heartfelt to me. The survival scenes are well done though, and Woodley makes a great reluctant action heroine (once again). There's also a nice twist that I didn't see coming, at the end. Overall the movie is pretty much exactly what I expected it to be, nothing more and nothing less, which is a 3.5 star rating (out of 5) for me.