Drift
Wrekin Hill Entertainment | Release Date: August 2, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
35
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
7
Negative:
2
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63
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreJul 24, 2013
Drift is utterly conventional in so many ways. But the relatively unknown cast, the rough hewn setting and startling cinematography — footage that rivals many a surf documentary’s best shots — give it a boost. Read full review
50
New York PostLou LumenickAug 2, 2013
I’m a sucker for films with great surfing footage, let alone wacky ’70s hairstyles. But this overlong, cliché-infested Aussie period drama tested my patience. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleWalter AddiegoAug 1, 2013
The direction, by Ben Nott and Morgan O'Neill, is average, except for the surfing sequences, which are easily as striking as what we see in documentaries about the sport. Another positive is the soundtrack, with amusing high-energy rock tunes of the era. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyJul 31, 2013
The mediocre ones, like the new Australian drama Drift, squeeze surfing scenes into conventional narratives, presuming that, because surfing looks exciting, any story related to surfing is inherently interesting. Read full review
40
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisAug 1, 2013
This poor-surfers-make-good drama from Morgan O’Neill and Ben Nott relies more than it should on toned thighs and taut gluteals. Be grateful; there’s nothing to see on dry land that’s anywhere near as compelling. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleJul 31, 2013
When Drift sticks to the likable, gently humorous contours of occasionally fractious brotherly love, broken up by thrillingly shot surfing footage, it has plenty of charm, period flavor and breezy visual breadth... Where the movie routinely disappoints, though, is in pursuit of a perfect storm of conflict story lines. Read full review
40
VarietyScott FoundasJul 31, 2013
Manages to get a fair bit right about early 1970s surf culture when it isn’t trafficking in the hoariest of David-vs.-Goliath cliches. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterMegan LehmannMay 6, 2013
Drift paddles aimlessly between plotlines, only finding its groove out beyond the break. Read full review
30
Village VoiceZachary WigonJul 30, 2013
The crookedness of the narrative is compounded by the film's failure to display its characters' great pleasures (surfing and drugs) in visually expressive ways. Read full review
12
Slant MagazineTomas HachardJul 26, 2013
The obstacles that the Kelly brothers encounter are as uninspired as the film's treacly lessons about brotherhood and staying true to one's principles. Read full review
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