What’s it about?
Based on the true story of Tami Oldham and Richard Sharp, who were hit by Hurricane Raymond while delivering a Trintella 44, Hazana, across the Pacific in 1983. Following a knockdown, the yacht was dismasted and Oldham was forced to navigate the crippled ship across the Pacific, enduring 41 days before being rescued. Her harrowing book about the experience is Red Sky in Mourning: A True Story of Love, Loss, and Survival at Sea. The film is half love story, half a tale of survival. Sharp is played by Sam Claflin who hams up his English accent to the max to become a sort of seafaring Hugh Grant, while Oldham, played by Shailene Woodley, does a fine job as free-spirited traveller turned survivor.
Is it any good?…