Drift Away
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55
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
67
The Film StageEd FranklMar 4, 2021
Xavier Beauvois has made a film that contemplates trauma of one’s own making, a perceptive work that grapples with guilt and grief. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawMar 2, 2021
A film deeply rooted in a close-knit community, with excellent performances, a sophisticated control of narrative tempo and – at least initially – a tragic force that could almost be compared with Elia Kazan. Read full review
60
Screen DailyLee MarshallMar 2, 2021
Starting sedately but promisingly, it sails (literally, in one respect) into a perfect storm of heavy-handed symbolism and sentimentality. Read full review
60
VarietyPeter DebrugeMar 2, 2021
Beauvois brings everything together in the movie’s final minutes, although it’s hard to shake the feeling that Drift Away has dodged what should have been its central social concern. Renier, a former child actor who began his career a quarter-century ago in the Dardenne brothers’ “La Promesse,” only gets better with age. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerMar 2, 2021
Here the burn can be too slow to handle at times, as if the gas had been forever left at medium-low heat. You're ultimately left wanting more from a movie that tries to drift away from the usual policier template, even though shots are fired and bodies drop. Read full review
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