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Well-acted and blessed with a refreshingly humanistic focus, The Wave is a disaster film that makes uncommonly smart use of disaster film clichés.
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M. Faust
The Wave is a small-town Norwegian disaster movie writ satisfyingly large. August 12, 2016 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
The Wave is a small-town Norwegian disaster movie writ satisfyingly large.
Kate Muir
More than anything, The Wave's ability to sustain tension out of its tired scenario makes it even more impressive than its Me Decade ancestors. March 23, 2016 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
More than anything, The Wave's ability to sustain tension out of its tired scenario makes it even more impressive than its Me Decade ancestors.
David Fear
The whole thing is pure formula. But The Wave, which was Norway's official entry for the Academy Awards, makes it work anyway. March 17, 2016 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
The whole thing is pure formula. But The Wave, which was Norway's official entry for the Academy Awards, makes it work anyway.
Rene Rodriguez
The movie works; the setting feels grandly unfamiliar, and the aftermath of the wave, with its elemental mix of water and fire, seems like a plausible vision of Hell. March 7, 2016 | Full Review…
The movie works; the setting feels grandly unfamiliar, and the aftermath of the wave, with its elemental mix of water and fire, seems like a plausible vision of Hell.
Anthony Lane
Something like The Wave is indeed a rarity - without skimping on the spectacle that glues eyeballs to the screen, it takes the time to develop its characters. March 4, 2016 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Something like The Wave is indeed a rarity - without skimping on the spectacle that glues eyeballs to the screen, it takes the time to develop its characters.
James Berardinelli
Other than its Nordic setting, The Wave has nothing new to offer the genre, lifting its entire structure from any number of volcano or earthquake films we've seen dozens of times already. April 26, 2020 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Other than its Nordic setting, The Wave has nothing new to offer the genre, lifting its entire structure from any number of volcano or earthquake films we've seen dozens of times already.
Hilary A White
The Wave ultimately stumbles once its titular flood hits, exposing a story predicated on cliché and budgetary restraints. December 3, 2019 | Rating: 2.25/5 | Full Review…
The Wave ultimately stumbles once its titular flood hits, exposing a story predicated on cliché and budgetary restraints.
David Harris
The Wave has its finger on the pulse. October 3, 2019 | Rating: 6/10 | Full Review…
The Wave has its finger on the pulse.
Joey Keogh
There's a reason why formulas and cliches have developed the way they do: when they're executed well, they just work. September 1, 2019 | Full Review…
There's a reason why formulas and cliches have developed the way they do: when they're executed well, they just work.
Andrew Todd
While The Wave is an incredibly well-made movie, perhaps even the most well-made in the genre, it still falls into the cliches. That's what prevents it from being a great movie. August 7, 2019 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…
While The Wave is an incredibly well-made movie, perhaps even the most well-made in the genre, it still falls into the cliches. That's what prevents it from being a great movie.
Karl Delossantos
The disaster would pack more of a punch if we'd spent more time with the threatened community. April 19, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
The disaster would pack more of a punch if we'd spent more time with the threatened community.
Tom Bond
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