This was another random encounter as I had never heard of it. Perhaps they marketed it back in North America.

The film is one that is actually quite familiar. Someone gets in trouble while sailing and terrible things happen. Then they are stranded at sea unable to contact anyone for help. This has been done many times before. I suppose the only real difference is that in this particular story it just happens to be something that actually happened.

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So there isn't really much to say. It is a story that has been done many times. A test of human endurance where a young girl ends up on a sailing vessel and well, storms happen out there. I don't want to spoil the story but i will say the cinematography is as fantastic as the story is familiar.

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The real star of this film is Shailene Woodley. I know very little about her but her acting in this movie is second-to-none. She is absolutely remarkable in it. I have said in the past that I feel as though one of the most difficult things that an actor can face is the need to act alone and she must do quite a lot in this movie as it is a real story of someone being "adrift" for 41 days. The range of emotions that she is able to portray, many times without any dialogue is a testament to her excellence as an actress. I was moved by her performance and I believe that you will be too. I cried at one point, i am not afraid to say this.

I don't really know much about her, but I am now a fan. I will be looking into her filmography immediately and hope to see more films on the horizon for her.

I can't give the movie high marks, but if i was evaluating a single actor, Shailene Woodley would receive 10/ 10. She is perfection in this and I hope she can move on to bigger and better things because of this. I look forward to her future work. Previous to this I had only known her from the Divergent Trilogy, which made me want to vomit because of its horribleness.

7 / 10

Name: Adrift (film): An average film with a phenominal actress
Item: Adrift
Author: @gooddream

Comments · 7

@cryptoandcoffee(85)· 2863d

Hi @gooddream. I watched it last night but couldn't finish it and turned it off half way through. Just thought it was rather weak. I think you are overly generous with a 7/10 but more like a 5/10.

@bharat273(45)· 2863d

Hiii...gooddream

Great Post

@aydogdy(58)· 2864d

Man and the ocean - how many stories there are of an unplanned clash of this unequal pair in all. In these battles, the seemingly long predetermined by the winner, but it happens sometimes that a person takes precedence over the element, showing the indescribable force of will, intelligence, agility, and to the banality of a simple desire to live. Tami is one of those who made this difficult path to salvation, which she first described in her book Red Sky in Mourning, and now became the hero and the new large-scale creation of Baltasar Kormákur. Well, her personal story really is that it deserves worldwide disclosure. The director of this film undoubtedly knows how to show a person alone with an unfriendly nature, and, I must admit, he does it beautifully, but the defining word that can be applied to the characterization of all Baltasar Kormákur works is "not enough". The impression is that he sees the story, but does not feel it, removes the first-class actors, but does not fill them with the necessary information for the drama, knows all about the visual part of the film, but forgets about its ins and outs. Watching his films, the viewer can freely immerse himself in the ocean or conquer the mountain, can dissolve in a beautiful picture, but watching the same films, the viewer seldom empathizes and pervades. This was "Everest", so became "Adrift" - a film in a quality and spectacular wrapper, which lacks a very tiny, but vital ingredient in the filling in order to become a hit of its kind. Watch this movie, of course, stands for Shailene Woodley, alone struggling with the ocean, for the delightfully beautiful staff from Robert Richardson, the owner of three Oscars for camera work, for a pleasant pastime, and if you just love movies. Under him, you can smile, sometimes feel sad and always wonder why you can certainly love the love of Jack and Rosa, who managed to be acquainted for several days, fall in love, lose and lose each other and in Richard and Tami - not quite? Maybe, "Adrift" did not aspire to become a new masterpiece, in which some accuse him, but was shot as a normal, unpretentious film. Just some movie was created for eternity, and some only for a pleasant viewing. That is all. The real Tami was satisfied with the result - we will be content.

@dktrending341(43)· 2864d

I am very exiting to watch this movie.

@anggreklestari(81)· 2864d

I think Shailene is the next Jennifer Lawrance but need the work hard.

By the way, this film is one of my movie list and I think I must watch this movie.

Thanks for the review @gooddream

@allthereviews(51)· 2864d

Good to hear Shailene Woodley is not another pretty face for young adult movies. Brave and smart of her to star in a act alone movie to prove her talent in acting after Divergent series.

@jovema(61)· 2864d

Just watched this last night. I totally agree with you that Woodley did really well on this movie. ☺️