The movie, ‘Adrift’ is originally set on the island of Tahiti in 1983. Tahiti is a paradise island below the equator, which was the setting for the 18th century maritime adventure which became well known as the ‘Mutiny on the Bounty’.
‘Adrift’ features the story of a Californian girl, Tami who is touring the world alone, and working her way through the South Pacific islands. She meets a young English man, Richard, who is sailing his way to his destiny in the same region. When they meet up, they find a kindred spirit in each other, and love happens.
The young lovers set out on a boat through the wild ocean, but neither envisaged the hell of a trip that awaited them. Unfortunately for them, they encountered one of the worst hurricanes ever recorded.
Tami awoke to find Richard first missing, and then seriously injured. She had to work to save both their lives in a boat that was barely afloat and adrift.
Tami is played by Shailene Woodley and Richard is played by Sam Clafin. Shailene is also producer of the movie which has a claustrophobic feel to it, due to much of it being set on the adrift boat, in the middle of the great ocean. The strength of the waves were very vivid in the storm scene, and the general look of the movie was shown beautifully.
The performances of both main actors were exemplary, particularly Shailene Woodley’s. Shailene gave great depth to the part of Tami, which came across very natural.
There are certain to be awards at the different ceremonies next year for this feature, writes David Flynn, and one definite will be for cinematography, and it’s hard to see another feature between now and then beating ‘Adrift’.
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