The Drummer (2020 film)
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{{Infobox film
| name = The Drummer
| image = TheDrummerPostermainimgbig5991.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = Eric Werthman
| producer = {{plainlist|
- Eric Werthman
- Vladan Nikolic
}}
| writer = Eric Werthman
Jessica Gohlke
| starring = Danny Glover
| music = Clare Manchon
Olivier Manchon
| cinematography = Marcin Kapron
| editing = Erin Greenwell
| studio = N and J Productions
| distributor = 1091 Pictures
| released = {{film date|2020|10||Woodstock|2021|11|9}}
| runtime =
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
The Drummer is a 2020 American drama film directed by Eric Werthman and starring Danny Glover, who also serves as an executive producer of the film. The film premiered at the 2020 Woodstock Film Festival.{{cite web|url=https://www.firstshowing.net/2021/official-trailer-for-the-drummer-about-trauma-of-soldiers/|title=Official Trailer for The Drummer About the Trauma of U.S. Soldiers|website=FirstShowing.net|first=Alex|last=Billington|date=October 14, 2021|access-date=April 24, 2022}}
Cast
- Danny Glover as Mark Walker
- Prema Cruz as Cori
- Sam Underwood as Darien Cooper
- Daniel K. Isaac as Mike
- Camilla Perez as Maria
- Frankie J. Alvarez as Nate
- Jennifer Mudge as Alison Layton
- Lillias White as Roberta
- Nikola Balać as Christian
Release
1091 Pictures acquired North American distribution rights to the film in July 2021.{{cite web|last=Wiseman|first=Andreas|title=Danny Glover Veterans Drama ‘The Drummer’ Gets North America Deal|date=July 8, 2021|website=Deadline Hollywood|url=https://deadline.com/2021/07/danny-glover-veterans-drama-the-drummer-gets-north-america-deal-1234788514/|accessdate=April 22, 2022}} The film was released on November 9, 2021.{{cite web|last=Massoto|first=Erick|title='The Drummer': Timely Drama Movie Starring Danny Glover Reveals First Trailer|date=October 14, 2021|website=Collider|url=https://collider.com/danny-glover-the-drummer-trailer/|accessdate=April 22, 2022}}{{cite web|last=Major|first=Michael|title=VIDEO: Watch the Trailer for Danny Glover's THE DRUMMER|date=October 14, 2021|website=BroadwayWorld|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/VIDEO-Watch-the-Trailer-for-Danny-Glovers-THE-DRUMMER-20211014|accessdate=April 22, 2022}}
Reception
The film has an 80% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on five reviews.{{cite web|title=The Drummer|website=Rotten Tomatoes|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_drummer_2021|accessdate=April 22, 2022}}
Bob Strauss of the San Francisco Chronicle gave the film a negative review and wrote, "Defined only by their scars, all three lead characters feel generic, as if Werthman built them out of archetypes that ran through his case studies."{{cite news|last=Strauss|first=Bob|title=Review: ‘The Drummer,’ starring Danny Glover, is a well-meaning but inert look at soldiers’ woes|date=November 8, 2021|newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle|url=https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/movies-tv/review-the-drummer-starring-danny-glover-is-a-well-meaning-but-inert-look-at-soldiers-woes|accessdate=April 22, 2022}}
Robert Daniels of RogerEbert.com awarded the film three stars and wrote, "But it flourishes as a modest picture, an acute character study of men and women picking up the pieces of a patriotic ideal that seems to have failed them."{{cite web|last=Daniels|first=Robert|title=The Drummer|date=November 9, 2021|website=RogerEbert.com|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-drummer-movie-review-2021|accessdate=April 22, 2022}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|8906326}}
- {{Rotten Tomatoes|the_drummer_2021}}
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