Drift (2024)
6.6 /10
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After fleeing civil war in Liberia, a formerly-privileged refugee is barely scraping by in her new life in Greece when she strikes up an unexpected friendship with a rootless tour guide.
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... Jacqueline Kamara
... Callie
... Ousmane
... Helen
... Etweda Kamara
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To be honest, I was a little disappointed with this story. It's clear that Cynthia Erivo has put her heart and soul into it, but the story just has too many holes in it for me. We first meet her "Jacqueline" character as she wanders the streets of a small greek island town pinching the sugar sachets. Quickly, we discover that she has barely more than the clothes she stands up in, sleeps on a blanket in a sheltered cave and gets about blagging trips on tourist buses. Via flashbacks we are told of her privileged background in her native Liberia and of a love affair with a British woman (Honor Swinton Byrne) in London, and what's clear is that neither idyll seems destined to endure. The former, indeed, is played out across the course of the film in a rather brutally predicable fashion. Fortunately, she encounters tour guide "Callie" (Alia Shawkat) who's getting a bit fed up with the day-in day-out routine with her elderly visitors who just want to say they've "done" the place. Gradually the two start to bond and maybe there's a little light at the end of the tunnel for "Jacqueline"? Both women deliver well enough here, but there are just too many elements missing or under-developed. How did she get here for a start? Too much of her trauma has to be assumed or guessed at and not that I wanted graphic scenes, I did want to know a little more about just what made "Jacqueline" tick. The production is all adequate, and for a while the repetitive photography serves well to illustrate the dead-end nature of her existence, but I just think this missed an opportunity to develop the story of "Jacqueline" a bit more comprehensively.
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Release Date:
2024-02-09
Run Time:
93 min
MMPA Rating:
NR
Reviews of
Drift
To be honest, I was a little disappointed with this story. It's clear that Cynthia Erivo has put her heart and soul into it, but the story just has too many holes in it for me. We first meet her "Jacqueline" character as she wanders the streets of a small greek island town pinching the sugar sachets. Quickly, we discover that she has barely more than the clothes she stands up in, sleeps on a blanket in a sheltered cave and gets about blagging trips on tourist buses. Via flashbacks we are told of her privileged background in her native Liberia and of a love affair with a British woman (Honor Swinton Byrne) in London, and what's clear is that neither idyll seems destined to endure. The former, indeed, is played out across the course of the film in a rather brutally predicable fashion. Fortunately, she encounters tour guide "Callie" (Alia Shawkat) who's getting a bit fed up with the day-in day-out routine with her elderly visitors who just want to say they've "done" the place. Gradually the two start to bond and maybe there's a little light at the end of the tunnel for "Jacqueline"? Both women deliver well enough here, but there are just too many elements missing or under-developed. How did she get here for a start? Too much of her trauma has to be assumed or guessed at and not that I wanted graphic scenes, I did want to know a little more about just what made "Jacqueline" tick. The production is all adequate, and for a while the repetitive photography serves well to illustrate the dead-end nature of her existence, but I just think this missed an opportunity to develop the story of "Jacqueline" a bit more comprehensively.
Cast & Crew of
Drift
Cast
... Jacqueline Kamara
... Callie
... Ousmane
... Helen
... Etweda Kamara
... Saifa
... Michael
... Adele
... Sonia
... Italian Man
... Italian Woman
... Christopher
... Police Officer 1
... Blonde Woman
... Restaurateur
... Police Officer (Hospital)
... Waitress 2
... Japanese Tourist
... Japanese Tourist
... Waitress 1
... Juliet
... American Passenger
... Taverna Waitress Running 1
... Waiter 2
... American Elderly Couple
... American Elderly Couple
... Teenager
... Teenager
... Teenager
... Teenager
... Bus Driver (as Christos Glykos)
... Child Soldier
... Child Soldier
... Rebel Leader Child Soldier
... Monrovia Restaurant Waiter
... Nurse
... Italian Woman (as Dorothea Merkouri)
... Official Family Driver
... Child
... Child
... Beyan
... Uniform Boy
... Uniform Boy
... Resort Employee
... Liberian Gardener
... Waiter 1
... Police Officer 1 (as Giannis Egglezos)
... Stall Vendor
... Stall Vendor
... Stall Vendor
... Stall Vendor
... Callie's Neighbour
... Callie's Neighbour
... Arcade Owner's Son
... Souvlaki Man
... Police Officer 2
... Liberian Soldier
... Liberian Soldier
... Liberian Soldier
... Family Armed Security Guard
... Senegalese Man
... Senegalese Man
... Senegalese Man
... English Boy
... Police Officer 3
... Family Official Driver
... Arcade Owner
... Liberian
... Liberian
... Liberian
... Liberian
... Driver
... Driver
... Driver
... Anxious Woman
... Police Officer 2
... Taverna Waitress Running 2
... Jewellery Woman
... Policeman
... Boy's Mother
... Parent
... Parent
... Blowsy Woman
... Man in Neck Brace
... Fisherman 1
... Fisherman 2
... Taverna Man
... Liberian House Boy
... Police Driver
... Child Soldier
... Child Soldier
... Child Soldier
... Child Soldier
... Child Soldier
... Child Soldier
... Child Soldier
... Child Soldier
... Monvoria Restaurant Waitress
... British Couple
... British Couple
... Masseuse
... British Dad
... Nurse 1
... Nurse 2
... Fisherman 3
... Resort Shuttle Bus Driver
... English Speaking Boy
... Moped Driver
... Resort Worker
... Resort Worker
... Resort Worker
... Armed Security Guard
... Armed Security Guard
... Armed Security Guard
... Swimmer
... Swimmer
... DJ Lobo Courtnoy
... DJ Lobo Courtnoy
... Jonathan
... Newsreader
... Man on Train
... Italian Man (uncredited)
... Train Passenger (uncredited)
Crew
... Producer
... Producer
... Executive Producer
... Director
... Writer
... Producer
... Producer
... Producer
... Co-Producer
... Co-Producer
... Editor
... Novel
... Writer
... Casting
... Executive Producer
... Executive Producer
... Executive Producer
... Original Music Composer
... Production Design
... Art Direction
... Set Decoration
... Costume Design
... Steadicam Operator
... Gaffer
... Stunts
... Stunts
... Stunt Coordinator
... Visual Effects Supervisor
... First Assistant Director
... Foley Artist
... Sound Re-Recording Mixer
... Sound Mixer
... ADR Mixer
... Associate Producer
... Associate Producer
... Director of Photography
... Executive Producer
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