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Two Australian brothers (Myles Pollard, Xavier Samuel) run afoul of conservative townspeople and drug-dealing bikers after they start a business of customized surfwear and surfing equipment.
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Sheila O'Malley RogerEbert.com The acting is quite good, natural and fresh, and the surfing footage is magnificent. "Drift," though, is a weird mix, and not always successful. Rated: 2.5/4 Aug 7, 2013 Full Review Jeannette Catsoulis New York Times This poor-surfers-make-good drama from Morgan O'Neill and Ben Nott relies more than it should on toned thighs and taut gluteals. Be grateful; there's nothing to see on dry land that's anywhere near as compelling. Rated: 2.5/5 Aug 2, 2013 Full Review Lou Lumenick New York Post I'm a sucker for films with great surfing footage, let alone wacky '70s hairstyles. But this overlong, clich-infested Aussie period drama tested my patience. Rated: 2/4 Aug 2, 2013 Full Review Cris Kennedy The Canberra Times (Australia) The surfing scenes are exhilarating, the waves more terrifying than anything Eli Roth or James Wan could come up with. Rated: 3/5 May 23, 2016 Full Review Simon Brookfield We Got This Covered As has always been the case, well choreographed surf sequences are a delight to behold on the big screen, but also having always been the case, clich and messy drama is not. Rated: 6/10 Aug 4, 2013 Full Review Don Groves Film Journal International The surfing sequences are impressively filmed, but on dry land the unexciting narrative plods along to a predictable conclusion. Aug 1, 2013 Full Review Read all reviews

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Kent H Awesome Aussie surf film, well acted, directed and scripted. Set in the 1970's featuring some stellar performances by greats such as Sam Worthington. Loved it Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/10/23 Full Review John B I enjoyed this movie and story it told about the real-life struggles that these brothers had from early on in developing a now world-famous surfing brand. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 04/03/23 Full Review Mike G Great little movie, cinematography is outstanding, actors are very good - sam worthington in anything - myles pollard stands out. It's got the typical narratives in it: love affairs, bad guys but overall it's a good story. But the real star is Western Australia !!! Watching it I couldn't help wondering why Hollywood hasn't done a remake of it Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member A mio parere uno dei migliori film sul surf degli ultimi anni. Grazie ad una buona sceneggiatura è in grado di unire le immagini ad una filosofia molto vicina a questo tipo di sport come quella hippies. Il tutto completato con una buona colonna sonora e degli ottimi attori che tengono bene la scena. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Audience Member Great Aussie movie. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member I loved this movie. It was very interesting, kept moving well throughout and was a nice escape from the usual hum drum of my life. I love the sea and waves, this was a movie for me. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Two Australian brothers (Myles Pollard, Xavier Samuel) run afoul of conservative townspeople and drug-dealing bikers after they start a business of customized surfwear and surfing equipment.
Director
Ben Nott, Morgan O'Neill
Producer
Tim Duffy, Michele Bennett, Myles Pollard
Screenwriter
Morgan O'Neill
Distributor
Lionsgate Films
Production Co
World-Wide-Mind Films
Rating
R (Language|Drug Content)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 2, 2013, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 17, 2013
Runtime
1h 53m
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