Tami Oldham (Shailene Woodley) finds herself alone on a sailing boat broken by a devastating storm. Five months earlier in 1983, she arrives in Tahiti after finishing a tour on a sailing ship. She had left her San Diego family to travel the world. She and Richard Sharp (Sam Claflin) fall in love. They are offered an opportunity to sail an older couple's boat back to San Diego. They run into the storm and Tami struggle to survive.
This movie is split between two time periods. Everything after the storm is solid man-against-nature adventure. The stuff before the storm is less compelling. The meet-cute is fun. The courtship can be a bit of an info dump. Overall, this is Shailene stretching her survivalist acting chops. The final twist is not the most dramatic although I guess it has to fit the true story. A different fictionalization could have added more intensity. It should have done more with the survival story and trimmed back on the courtship story.
This movie is split between two time periods. Everything after the storm is solid man-against-nature adventure. The stuff before the storm is less compelling. The meet-cute is fun. The courtship can be a bit of an info dump. Overall, this is Shailene stretching her survivalist acting chops. The final twist is not the most dramatic although I guess it has to fit the true story. A different fictionalization could have added more intensity. It should have done more with the survival story and trimmed back on the courtship story.