Adrift in Manhattan

 (2007)

Adrift in Manhattan (2007) is an indie that played the festival circuit and garnered a few awards. It is a character-driven drama about three people whose lives intersect.

• The first is an older Italian gentleman who runs a company mailroom by day, but is an artist by night. He learns from character two, Ophthalmologist Heather Graham, that he is going blind.

• The ophthalmologist is completely emotionally withdrawn. She separated from her husband after the death of their two year old child.

• The final character is a 20 year old Puerto Rican man who lives with his castrating mother, and works in a camera store. His passion is photography. He gets Heather Graham in his lens and becomes obsessed. Heather and the young man are destined to become intimate.

Adrift is directed and acted well, and I really wanted to like it, but the pace is too slow and there is little or no passion in any of the characters, nor redemption for them.

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Our Grade:

If you are not familiar with our grading system, you need to read the explanation, because the grading is not linear. For example, by our definition, a C is solid and a C+ is a VERY good movie. There are very few Bs and As. Based on our descriptive system, this film is a:

C-

NUDITY REPORT

• Heather Graham shows breasts and buns in a dark sex scene.

• Marlene Forte, as the young man's mother, shows breasts.

THE CRITICS AND ACADEMIES

THE BOX OFFICE

Box Office Mojo. It was in one theater for three days. Total gross: $2,000.