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  • 2022
  • PG
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 59 m
  • 2022
  • PG
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 59 m

Summary Sixth-graders Kosuke and Natsume grew up in the same apartment building as childhood friends. During summer break, while playing in the apartment building that is set to be demolished, they find themselves caught in a strange phenomenon. All they can see around them is a vast sea. Will Kosuke and the others make it back to their world? A...

Directed By: Hiroyasu Ishida, Yô Watanabe

Written By: Hayashi Mori, Hiroyasu Ishida

  • 2022
  • PG
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 59 m
  • 2022
  • PG
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 59 m

Drifting Home

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
59
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 6 User Ratings
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Summary Sixth-graders Kosuke and Natsume grew up in the same apartment building as childhood friends. During summer break, while playing in the apartment building that is set to be demolished, they find themselves caught in a strange phenomenon. All they can see around them is a vast sea. Will Kosuke and the others make it back to their world? A...

Directed By: Hiroyasu Ishida, Yô Watanabe

Written By: Hayashi Mori, Hiroyasu Ishida

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
59
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3 Reviews
40% Mixed
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
59
60% Positive
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40% Mixed
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0% Negative
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80
Oct 29, 2022
Against serene and haunting backdrops, the animation itself has a raucous energy that’s constantly thrilling, and leans into the children’s vulnerability as well as their high spirits.
By Robbie Collin FULL REVIEW
75
Sep 16, 2022
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.
By Kambole Campbell FULL REVIEW
70
Sep 17, 2022
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.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
50
Sep 16, 2022
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.
By Simon Abrams FULL REVIEW
40
Sep 15, 2022
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.
By Maya Phillips FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Mixed or Average Based on 6 User Ratings
5.7
50% Positive
3 Ratings
33% Mixed
2 Ratings
17% Negative
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User Score
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33% Mixed
2 Ratings
17% Negative
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Production Company Studio Colorido Co., Twin Engine
Release Date Sep 16, 2022
Duration 1 h 59 m
Rating PG
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Website https://www.netflix.com/title/81328781/
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• 1 Nomination

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