Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Rosie Searle It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

adonis98-743-186503 Although anticipated, no one is really ready when the mountain pass above the scenic, narrow Norwegian fjord Geiranger collapses and creates an 85-meter high violent tsunami. A geologist is one of those caught in the middle of it. Bølgen (or also known as The Wave) suffers from an overstuffed plot and a mix of different genres like action, disaster and drama and to be honest i had more fun with films like Armageddon, Volcano and even Geostorm than this film. The perfomances were also not that good either and i didn't get invested with any of the leading characters or the others as a whole. Better skip it and see something else!!!

Wizard-8 You might never think that Scandinavian filmmakers would ever tackle the disaster film genre, but if a ninja movie managed to come out of Sweden (the 1984 movie "The Ninja Mission", if you are curious), then anything is possible. It was certainly an ambitious effort, and while the end results are nothing spectacular, it is an okay 105 minute diversion... if you are in the right mood. If you are looking for a fast pace and constant action, you will most likely be very disappointed. The first half of the movie moves very slowly, with no real action of any kind. Once the disaster does hit, things do pick up a little, though even then there is a significant lack of real tension and action for the most part. But the movie has its strengths. It looks pretty slick and polished for the most part, able to stand its head proudly against big budget Hollywood movies. And it chooses an interesting angle, being that it's a much more realistic take on a disaster than you usually get in Hollywood disaster movies. The characters are more realistic, their actions are more believable, and the various plot turns feel plausible. This is certainly not a disaster movie for everybody - it may quickly tire and bore those looking for popcorn entertainment. But if you are curious to see a more believable cinematic portrayal of a disaster - and you are in a patient mood - you'll probably find it a decent watch.

Bemmu This film is a great achievement, the effects and acting are stellar. Despite being a Scandinavian film, it is on par with a Hollywood disaster movie. However that is also the problem.There was an opportunity here to let you get comfortable with the patterns of Hollywood disaster movies, then take advantage of not being bound by those rules by completely subverting the viewer's expectations in the final moments. Sadly, this opportunity is missed.

candlemansa I loved the disaster movies of the 70's, 80's, from The Towering Inferno, Earthquake, Poseidon Adventure, Cassandra Crossing to the 90's Dantes Peak, Twister, Deep Impact and Volcano. The Day after Tomorrow while okay began the downward spiral as effects took over from story telling and every plot line focused on a family divided while everyone else died around them. That became tiresome but more so because there was no connection with these families, they were secondary to effects. Plus situations that were impossible to survive suddenly were less so and you lost the audience to lots of eye rolling and sighing. 2012 and San Andreas been the two main culprits. The Wave strips everything back, yes we have a family at the center of the drama but enough time is given to them that we care what happens. The build up to the main disaster event is slow and ominous. When it happens you are on edge watching the horror envelope the characters. I have two gripes with the film, the first is more time should have been given to some of the secondary characters so that when they were killed the impact would have been felt more, (Star Trek red coat syndrome at work). Where the film begins to unravel a little is in the aftermath, ten minutes are given to a main character going back to the scene of devastation yet doesn't come across any other survivors or wounded. Had they just fleshed it out a little more it would have gotten 10 stars, the acting is top notch, the scenario is terrifying and the scenery is breathtaking. More character driven disaster movies like this are needed.