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Shailene Woodley is a young woman desperately trying to reach safety in this real-life disaster movie
‘Adrift’
Dir: Baltasar Kormákur. US. 2018. 96mins
A battle for survival mixed with a young-adult romance, Adrift benefits from Shailene Woodley’s muscular performance as a world-traveller who finds love - right before she and her boyfriend embark on a cruise that may cost them their lives. Director Baltasar Kormákur makes good use of location filming on the open waters, giving this melodramatic tale a dose of realism, but this true story is never as harrowing as the subject matter would suggest. Blame it on a misjudged narrative device and Adrift’s generally adolescent approach to relationships and maritime emergencies.
As with Kormákur’s previous film Everest, Adrift emphasizes the gruelling minutiae of survival
The film comes to US screens on June 1, arriving in the UK four weeks later. Woodley’s track record with the Divergent films and The Fault In Our Stars will help drive interest to this STX release, which hopes to secure a commercial niche amidst a season of brawny action blockbusters.