Review: The Driftless Area DVD

The Driftless Area isn’t a great movie but it’s still watchable thanks to a few strong performances, specifically Anton Yelchin, Zooey Deschanel and John Hawkes. The DVD released through Sony is pretty basic with only one extra while the video/audio transfers are OK.

 

 

The Driftless Area
(2015)

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Mystery
Sony | R – 96 min. – $17.99 | April 26, 2016

Date Published: 04/30/2016 | Author: The Movieman

MOVIE INFO: Directed by: Zachary Sluser Writer(s): Tom Drury (novel); Tom Drury &Zachary Sluser (screenplay) Cast: Anton Yelchin, Zooey Deschanel, John Hawkes, Alia Shawkat, Aubrey Plaza, Frank Langella, Ciarán Hinds DISC INFO: Features: Featurette Digital Copy: No Formats Included: DVD Number of Discs: 1 Audio: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1), Japanese (Dolby Digital 5.1), Portuguese (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1) Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.40 Subtitles: English SDH, English, Chinese, French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish Region(s): 1

PLOT SYNOPSIS

Pierre (ANTON YELCHIN) returns to his hometown after the death of his parents and falls under the spell of the enchanting, mysterious Stella (ZOOEY DESCHANEL). As their relationship deepens, Pierre finds himself in a dangerous situation with a volatile criminal (JOHN HAWKES) who abruptly altered the course of Stella’s life.

 

SPECIAL FEATURES – 1.0/5

Making The Driftless Area (15:39) is your basic behind-the-scenes featurette with cast and crew interviews discussing the characters and plot.

 

VIDEO – 4.0/5 | AUDIO – 3.75/5

Sony releases The Driftless Area onto DVD shown with an anamorphic 2.40 widescreen aspect ratio and generally the video looks good with decent colors throughout. The Dolby Digital 5.1 track is standard but effect enough.

 

OVERALL – 2.5/5

Overall, The Driftless Area isn’t a great movie but it’s still watchable thanks to a few strong performances, specifically Anton Yelchin, Zooey Deschanel and John Hawkes. The DVD released through Sony is pretty basic with only one extra while the video/audio transfers are OK.