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6/13/2020

Adrift (2018)

Tami is a 23-year-old free spirit who left home the minute she graduated high school and has been traveling where and however she can since then. While in Tahiti, she meets sailor Richard and they are soon inseparable. When he gets a job sailing a yacht to San Diego, Tami agrees to sail with him but, soon into the voyage, they're caught in a hurricane. The storm disables the boat and sweeps Richard overboard.

I'm going to spoil a huge thing right now: though Tami is able to find and rescue the severely injured Richard and spends the next month caring for him, that's all a fantasy. He wasn't rescued. And, in the final moments of the film, we are shown Tami having the same conversations we've already seen her share with Richard -- but, this time, we see the actuality: he's not there. She's talking to the air. What the hell was the point of that? The story is miraculous without any "Fight Club"-style shenanigans.

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