noun. Plural form of rift.

verb. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rift.

"Yes, it had its stupid excesses Brian Cox's character arc was especially, uh, strained but I appreciated how Verbinski translated the generational rifts from the Japanese movie to an American setting, where instead of it being a generation gap problem it became one more of American thirty-somethings who seem reluctant to fully embrace adulthood."

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