Friday, June 8, 2018

Adrift (2018)

Director: Baltasar Kormákur. Cast: Shailene Woodley, Sam Claflin. 96 min. Rated PG-13. Biography/Adventure.

I've read this being described as "a lost-at-sea story with a tragic ending", which couldn't be a dumber description. And even though based on the trailer, I was preparing myself for a long, slow movie about how a young couple in the mid-80s did (or didn't) survive a never-ending mishap in the Pacific Ocean, and the script throws every trick in the book, including flashbacks and flash-forwards, to make this true story more interesting, ... what I wasn't prepared for was an ending twist, which instantaneously elevated my score from So-So to Mojo. Don't read anything about it - go in fresh.

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