Adrift (2018 film)

Adrift
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBaltasar Kormákur
Written by
  • Aaron Kandell
  • Jordan Kandell
  • David Branson Smith
Based on
Red Sky in Mourning: A True Story of Love, Loss, and Survival at Sea
by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyRobert Richardson
Edited byJohn Gilbert
Music byVolker Bertelmann
Production
companies
Distributed bySTX Entertainment (United States)
Myndform (Iceland)
Release date
  • June 1, 2018 (2018-06-01) (United States)
Running time
96 minutes[1]
Countries
  • United States
  • Iceland
  • Hong Kong
Languages
  • English
  • Icelandic
Budget$35 million[2]
Box office$59.9 million[2]

Adrift is a 2018 survival drama film produced and directed by Baltasar Kormákur and written by David Branson Smith, Aaron Kandell, and Jordan Kandell. The film is based on the 2002 book Red Sky in Mourning by Tami Oldham Ashcraft, a true story set during the events of Hurricane Raymond in 1983. The film stars Shailene Woodley and Sam Claflin as a couple who are adrift in the middle of the Pacific Ocean after a hurricane, and must find their way to Hawaii with a damaged boat and no radio.

Adrift was released in the United States on June 1, 2018 by STXfilms and received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the performances and the cinematography but criticized the familiar narrative.[3][4]

  1. ^ "ADRIFT (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. June 4, 2018. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Adrift (2018)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  3. ^ Giles, Jeff (May 31, 2018). "Adrift Gets There Eventually". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
  4. ^ Croot, James (June 1, 2018). "Adrift: Mixed early reviews for Shailene Woodley's partly NZ-shot drama". Stuff.co.nz. Stuff Limited. Retrieved June 5, 2018.