Wave
Puts Hollywood disaster movies to shame. A stellar work that will hopefully teach Hollywood a thing or two.
-- Perri Nemiroff, Collider
The Wave
Nestled in Norway's Sunnmøre region, Geiranger is one of the most spectacular tourist draws on the planet. With the mountain Åkerneset overlooking the village — and constantly threatening to collapse into the fjord — it is also a place where cataclysm could strike at any moment. After putting in several years at Geiranger's warning center, geologist Kristian (Kristoffer Joner) is moving on to a prestigious gig with an oil company. But the very day he's about to drive his family to their new life in the city, Kristian senses something isn't right. The substrata are shifting. No one wants to believe that this could be the big one, especially with tourist season at its peak, but when that mountain begins to crumble, every soul in Geiranger has ten minutes to get to high ground before a tsunami hits, consuming everything in its path.
Those ten minutes are some of the most nerve-rattling you'll experience in any movie this year, but as The Wave continues the stakes only get higher. Ace director Roar Uthaug keeps things hurtling forward in a state of high anxiety until the very end. Giving Hollywood a run for its money, the film's canvas is broad, its effects eerily realistic, and its scale immense. Here comes the flood.
“AN IMPRESSIVE, THUNDEROUS NERVE-WRACKER.” – Peter Debruge, Variety
“A THRILLING RIDE. Spectacular scenery of fjords and craggy, snow-capped peaks proves as beautiful to look at as it is deadly.” – Deborah Young, The Hollywood Reporter
“THE WAVE BARRELS THROUGH WITH THE IMPACT OF A TSUNAMI. Gripping and naturalistic.” – Marjorie Baumgarten, The Austin Chronicle
Those ten minutes are some of the most nerve-rattling you'll experience in any movie this year, but as The Wave continues the stakes only get higher. Ace director Roar Uthaug keeps things hurtling forward in a state of high anxiety until the very end. Giving Hollywood a run for its money, the film's canvas is broad, its effects eerily realistic, and its scale immense. Here comes the flood.
“AN IMPRESSIVE, THUNDEROUS NERVE-WRACKER.” – Peter Debruge, Variety
“A THRILLING RIDE. Spectacular scenery of fjords and craggy, snow-capped peaks proves as beautiful to look at as it is deadly.” – Deborah Young, The Hollywood Reporter
“THE WAVE BARRELS THROUGH WITH THE IMPACT OF A TSUNAMI. Gripping and naturalistic.” – Marjorie Baumgarten, The Austin Chronicle
Genre
Action,
Drama,
Thriller
Runtime
105
Language
Norwegian
Director
Roar Uthaug
Cast
Kristoffer Joner,
Ane Dahl Torp
FEATURED REVIEW
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
Given its title, it will come as no surprise that a towering, terrifying wall of water is front and center in the Norwegian disaster movie "The Wave," but that's not the only reason to see it. Rather, as directed by Roar Uthaug, "The Wave" adds credible writing and effective acting to gangbusters ...
Played at
Monica Film Center 3.11.16 - 3.17.16
Playhouse 7 3.11.16 - 3.31.16
NoHo 7 3.11.16 - 3.17.16
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