Drifting Home

Name: Drifting Home
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Animation, Family
Released: September 16, 2022
Duration: 119 min
Rating: 59
Cast: Asami Seto, Ayumu Murase, Bin Shimada, Daiki Yamashita, Inori Minase

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Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): September 16, 2022 | PG

Starring: Asami Seto, Ayumu Murase, Bin Shimada, Daiki Yamashita, Inori Minase, Kana Hanazawa, Mutsumi Tamura, Nana Mizuki, Yumiko Kobayashi

Summary: Sixth-graders Kosuke and Natsume grew up in the same apartment building as childhood friends. During summer break, while playing in the apartment building that is set to be demolished, they find themselves caught in a strange phenomenon. All they can see around them is a vast sea. Will Kosuke and the others make it back to their world? ASixth-graders Kosuke and Natsume grew up in the same apartment building as childhood friends. During summer break, while playing in the apartment building that is set to be demolished, they find themselves caught in a strange phenomenon. All they can see around them is a vast sea. Will Kosuke and the others make it back to their world? A journey of farewells in summer has just begun. [Netflix]… Expand

Director: Hiroyasu Ishida

Genre(s): Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Animation, Family

Rating: PG

Runtime: 119 min

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The Telegraph Robbie Collin

Oct 29, 2022

Against serene and haunting backdrops, the animation itself has a raucous energy that’s constantly thrilling, and leans into the children’s vulnerability as well as their high spirits. Read full review

Polygon Kambole Campbell

Sep 16, 2022

The film is admirable for its patient commitment to unpacking the children’s feelings about each other, the building, and other relics from their pasts, all as they learn how to carry their attachments and memories to new places. Read full review

Noel Murray

Sep 17, 2022

The deep strangeness of Drifting Home can take some time to adjust to. But in this quirky and boisterous picture, the surreal predicament is ultimately just an offshoot of these kids’ common fears about growing up. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Simon Abrams

Sep 16, 2022

It's not a complicated narrative, possibly because the movie’s designed for younger viewers. But the conception of “Drifting Home” is so stunted that its only memorable thing is its untapped potential. Read full review

Maya Phillips

Sep 15, 2022

Though Drifting Home delivers a great visual concept . . . it doesn’t deliver on the action. The pacing lags and the beats are predictable; the film’s go-to antic is having children repeatedly topple overboard. Read full review

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alejandro970

Sep 25, 2022

What can happen when you decide to explore an abandoned building? This plot, despite its ups and downs, knows how to convey the emotions of the characters, and with an almost melancholy ending. Studio Colores still needs a bit of practice to be close to the giants of anime.

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SayreTX

Sep 4, 2023

Beautiful art direction ruined by overly sentimental writing and a nonsensical plot. Yet another example of meta-spiritual longing and regret that has infected big budget anime.

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