kathrynpayne

Surfing movies have been my favorites since i was a kid but when will we get a surfing movie with a story in it? drift promises the beginning of a story about a surfing family but none of the relationships develop into something that grips you. One brother is the slow and steady type, working in the local saw mill, which incidentally reminded me a lot of Tim Wintons book Breath. The other brother is supposed to be more cool and a better surfer but he has an unfortunate habit of stealing stuff. This was another Wintonesque touch. They're both pretty good together, despite their differences and there's a punch up at one point but none of these personality traits are really sorted out. And this is just the two leads. They both love the same girl and you're expecting some kind of resolution there but what? it just peters out. very unsatisfactory.