Marketic It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

GurlyIamBeach Instant Favorite.

Allison Davies The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Taha Avalos The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

Toby Nathan What an interesting little film. Finally we have a gay film that doesn't revolve around coming out, AIDS, or circuit parties. This is a film about real people with real problems that everybody can relate to -- gay or straight. The film has a real documentary type feel which adds to the realism. The cast is super and totally naturalistic. It's such a relief to see actors in a gay film that look like real, attractive people instead of steroid-Weho-circuit-boys. The film is all the better for it. Sure the dialogue is a bit stilted at times, but kudos to the writer/director for trying something a little different here -- and actually hitting the nail on the head in the process.

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.

Esprix Just rented the DVD with friends and found it to be a thoughtful, insightful, delightful, and touching film.Sometimes trite or cliche, perhaps, but Ryan (R. T. Lee) could very well be the current "gay everyman" - happy, but not happy; settled, but unsettled; content, but incontent. (OK, the whole "death is romantic" sub-theme was just a little creepy, but its' purpose was to help you realize that it really *was* hard for Joel to understand Ryan, and that possibly only Leo could; I still would have gone with something a little less "visceral," to use the movie's favorite - and overused - adjective.) And the "what if" scenario of three different possibilities was a great way to flesh out what we all wish we could do - see the reaction to our actions and figure out if it's what we really want or not.Some wonderful acting in this film - Lee is certainly comfortable in his role (although sometimes I felt the dialogue was a little rushed); Greyson Dayne as his boyfriend, Joel, also had some great scenes (particularly when Leo tries to bed him); Jonathan Roessler seemed a natural as the geeky Leo, and had a very natural flow of dialogue; and big kudos to Kudos to T. Jerram Young as Dane for the *great* pick-up scene in the bar - we all laughed out loud!I think the reason this film will stay with me is because I did see a lot of myself in Ryan - searching to be understood, leaving a relationship because of it, not really knowing what will make him happy (until, perhaps - at least in one ending - it's too late). I plan on buying the DVD and adding it to my movie library.

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!