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Two Drifters
Strand Releasing

Two Drifters reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 41 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
10.0 out of 10
based on 8 reviews
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MPAA RATING: Not Rated

Starring João Carreira, Carloto Cotta, Ana Cristina De Oliveira, Nuno Gil, and Teresa Madruga

Two lonely people careen through life following their individual experiences of loss: Rui, a handsome young romantic, loses his lover Pedro on the day of their anniversary; Odete, as fetching as she is unstable, is abruptly dumped by her boyfriend when she broaches the subject of starting a family. Their worlds collide when Odete becomes obsessed with Pedro, a man she never knew. (Strand Releasing)


GENRE(S): Drama  |  Foreign  
WRITTEN BY: Paulo Rebelo
João Pedro Rodrigues
 
DIRECTED BY: João Pedro Rodrigues  
RELEASE DATE: DVD: October 17, 2006 
Theatrical: June 23, 2006 
RUNNING TIME: 101 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: Portugal 
LANGUAGE(S): Portuguese (with English subtitles) 

Original title "Odete"; Cinémas de Recherche - Special Mention, 2005 Cannes Film Festival

What The Critics Said

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70
The New York Times Nathan Lee
Neither sentimental nor cruel, yet touching and trenchant, the movie sustains a profound ambivalence right up to the final shot.
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60
Village Voice Drew Tillman
If you can look past the film's inexplicably straight face, Two Drifters is an enjoyably daffy picture.
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50
TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
Though the film contains many haunting images, the absence of a solid emotional foundation makes its increasingly preposterous story developments feel arbitrary and ultimately pointless.
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50
Los Angeles Times Sam Adams
With a title nicked from "Breakfast at Tiffany's," Two Drifters styles itself as a classical romance, albeit one in which half the couple is either deceased or deranged.
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40
LA Weekly Ella Taylor
The setup and execution of this quietly histrionic tale of the distorting power of thwarted love are so patently ridiculous that the urge to laugh gets in the way.
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25
San Francisco Chronicle John McMurtrie
An overwrought weepie, it may be inspired by the recent dramas of Pedro Almodóvar, but it comes off as Almodóvar Lite -- muy lite.
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25
Chicago Tribune Jessica Reaves
With a weak script, utterly unsympathetic characters and a nonsensical plot, it can barely keep plodding along.
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12
New York Post Kyle Smith
It's hard to say what's worse in the strange Portuguese drama Two Drifters: the insufferable wordless stretches, or the sudsy dialogue.
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