''The Drummer'' is a 2020 American drama film directed by Eric Werthman and starring

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, who also serves as an executive producer of the film. The film premiered at the 2020

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Cast

as Mark Walker *Prema Cruz as Cori *

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as Darien Cooper *

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as Mike *Camilla Perez as Maria * Frankie J. Alvarez as Nate *

Jennifer Mudge Jennifer Mudge (born August 16, 1978) is an American television and stage actress. Stage work Mudge attended Rhode Island College and trained at Trinity Repertory Company. Mudge made her screen debut in a 2003 episode of ''Hack''. She made her ...

as Alison Layton *

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as Roberta *Nikola Balać as Christian

Release

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acquired North American distribution rights to the film in July 2021. The film was released on November 9, 2021.

Reception

The film has an 80% rating on

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based on five reviews. Bob Strauss of the ''

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'' 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." 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."

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Drummer (2020 film), The 2020 films 2020 drama films American drama films 2020s English-language films 1091 Pictures films 2020s American films