The film is admirable for its patient commitment to unpacking the children’s feelings about each other, the building, and other relics from their pasts, all as they learn how to carry their attachments and memories to new places.
Drifting Home(雨を告げる漂流団地)
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Japan · 2022
2h 0m
Director Hiroyasu Ishida
Starring Mutsumi Tamura, Asami Seto, Ayumu Murase, Daiki Yamashita
Genre Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
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One summer day, Kosuke and his friends visit an apartment building that is set to be demolished, and are stuck inside during a sudden flash flood. When the rain stops, they find themselves adrift at sea in the apartment building, far away from home.
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The New York Times by Maya Phillips
Though Drifting Home delivers a great visual concept . . . it doesn’t deliver on the action. The pacing lags and the beats are predictable; the film’s go-to antic is having children repeatedly topple overboard.
Los Angeles Times by Noel Murray
The deep strangeness of Drifting Home can take some time to adjust to. But in this quirky and boisterous picture, the surreal predicament is ultimately just an offshoot of these kids’ common fears about growing up.
RogerEbert.com by Simon Abrams
It's not a complicated narrative, possibly because the movie’s designed for younger viewers. But the conception of “Drifting Home” is so stunted that its only memorable thing is its untapped potential.
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