Adrift: reviews

What the critics say average 6.3 from 6 outlets

• 7.5 Chicago Sun-TimesRichard Roeper Woodley is a stronger screen presence than the low-key Claflin, but they have a lovely and natural chemistry together. Read
• 7.5 Rolling StoneDavid Fear What keeps Adrift from feeling like just a travelogue tacked on to a tragi-sploitive star vehicle is, ironically enough, its star. Shailene Woodley has always been great when it comes to bringing the radiance, she's like a sunbeam made sentient. Read
• 6.3 New York PostSara Stewart As with ?Everest,? Kormákur is at his best exploring what motivates certain people to chase after nature?s most extreme adventures. Read
• 6.0 The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeFore If the part of the movie devoted to endurance lacks the harrowing power of, say, 2013's 'All Is Lost', it at least gives Woodley the opportunity to convincingly sink her teeth into a plum dramatic lead role as a young woman fighting fiercely against the forces of nature (instead of a dystopian civilization). Read
• 5.5 The WrapRobert Abele 'Adrift' opts for a chronological toggling between the happy build-up ? meeting cute, dining cuter, sailing cutest ? and scenes on the wrecked Hazana in which Tami must overcome fear and doubt to steer her and a severely wounded Richard to safety. Read
• 5.0 New York TimesA.O. Scott The film is a notch below average. It lacks the austere grandeur of ?All Is Lost,? the spiritual hoo-ha and digital gee-whizzery of ?Life of Pi? and the technological bravura of ?Gravity,? which it most resembles in terms of plot and mood. Read