CheerupSilver Very Cool!!!

Laikals The greatest movie ever made..!

SanEat A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

Tobias Burrows It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

ekeby I liked a lot about the movie. It's earnest and well-intentioned. The execution is a bit uneven, and as others have said, some dialog does not ring true.I was startled when, well into the movie, scenes seemed to repeat. For a moment I wondered if the DVD was stuck. I had no clue previously that I was about to see alternative versions of the storyline. I'm not sure if this was a good thing or a bad thing. Generally, I like to be surprised, but this sudden shift was a little confusing. Again, not entirely a bad thing. I've never read the Dogma manifesto (and this is shot Dogma-style) so I don't know if this movie follows those rules to the letter. However, I think my surprise stemmed from not expecting to see alternate realities depicted realistically (Dogma-ish), if that makes sense.Overall I think it's worth seeing, if for no other reason than, well, how many gay Dogma movies are there? I think if you approach it as something impressionistic rather than realistic, you'll be more likely to enjoy it.

GlennCT So here's a nice, little indie film made on a shoestring budget with no monstrous, gaping flaws. That alone sets it above most other nice, little indie films made on a shoestring budget. Ironically, though, what "Drift" seems to lack the most is a sense of bite... one of the things that the tortured intellectuals of the film note about their lives. The film is basically a more complex, less commercialized take on the Gwynneth Paltrow vehicle, "Sliding Doors." In this incarnation, gay Ryan has gotten the 3-year itch now that his relationship with lover, Joel, has gotten comfortable. He meets eager young writer-wannabe Leo, and begins to question his "marriage". This is all justified nicely as we see the artistic, passionate Ryan trying, but failing, to connect with Joel on a more enlightened plane. This is when "Drift" shows us three possibilities of where Ryan's life may take him: off with Leo, back to Joel, and none of the above. While the film never lost my interest, it is, at its core, a talkfest. (And if you're the type of person who finds the angst of day-to-day living to be dull, then you are certainly going to hate this film.) Yes, it's a heckuva lot deeper emotionally than "Sliding Doors" will ever be, but it's also less fun and far less charismatic. And I found myself waiting for some sort of big, dramatic confrontation that never really showed up. Alas, quiet and thoughtful is more what the film aspires to be... and really, there's nothing wrong with that. It just won't make your heart race. One final positive: gay men and their sexual relations are handled both realistically AND erotically. The film manages to be neither disinfected of sex nor a pointless bump-and-grindathon like, say, most of the second season of "Queer as Folk."

Ron Smolin The dialog is fresh, original, and on a much higher level than most commercial and indie films. Sure, the cinematography is pretty lame, especially on extreme facial close-ups. But the story surprises--Ryan has many illusions and many alternative stories that he lives, and we're not quite certain what's real. This Canadian import survives because of its superior screenplay, as well as some good acting performances. I gave it an 8/10.

steveabramson I picked up the DVD copy of "Drift" yesterday not knowing a thing about this latest entry into the gay genre. As a gay man, I constantly get frustrated by how homosexuals are not always presented as normal, but rather promiscuous and uncaring. Fortunately there have been some amazing exceptions to this rule lately - most notably "Big Eden" and "The Broken Hearts Club". "Drift" has now created a NEW sub-genre for gay films; I'm just not sure what that would be.Ryan (R.T. Lee) is a Canadian-Asian living in L.A. with his boyfriend of three years Joel (Greyson Payne). Ryan is a screenwriter who loves the horror genre. At a party the two meet the young virginal Leo (Jonathon Roessler) who is also a horror screenwriter. The two have this connection which would make them instant friends, and on the couples' third-year anniversary, Ryan leaves Joel.This is where "Drift" lives up to it's title and ends up duplicating much better independent films of the previous decade. That break-up becomes a starting point (it occurs about 20 minutes into the film) - and each of the next three twenty-minute segments starts over with that same scene and progresses quite differently (very reminiscent of the movie "Go" or "Sliding Doors").Each subsequent sequence has different relationship results utilizing the same characters. Worst, however, is with each scene, the characters (specifically Ryan) becomes more intolerable and causes one's own brain to start "drifting" towards anything else in the room.NOTE: Potential spoiler below... Please do NOT read if you don't want to know how this film ends...Ryan spews out lines like "A lot of it's in my head" and "turns out to be my own illusion". Had these lines been uttered a lot sooner, this film could have played out like an enjoyable version of "Pulp Fiction" (where the characters chat and overanalyze); but instead sends gay cinema back two steps - not for it's lack of trying, but rather for it's lack of sympathy towards the gay characters... ... especially since they keep talking about how "romantic" serial killers and suicide is. NOT the type of stereotype I feel is necessary in this day and age!