Waves

Jacob Richardson of Film Focus

2020-07-14

With a populist modern soundtrack, a penchant for colour-filled cinematography, and a story that subverts expectations to constantly surprise, Waves is a burning treatise on the ripple effects of decisions. Read more

Ulkar Alakbarova of Movie Moves Me

2019-09-18

Waves is one of the most interesting and bold films that offers a character study or the study of a turbulent life that at some point is never meant to get any better. Read more

The Massie Twins of Gone With The Twins

2019-12-18

Despite the questionable structuring of Waves, the scenes of raw emotion are thoroughly moving; they’re so unforgettable that they tend to override earlier flaws. Read more

Hope Madden of Maddwolf

2019-12-04

Like Schults’s first film Krisha, Waves is embroiled in family issues as well as addiction, though this time the issues and the sociological context concern American blackness—questionable territory for a white filmmaker, even one as irrefutably talented as Schults. Perhaps thanks mainly to remarkable performances by Brown, Russell and especially Harrison, Waves rings mainly true. Read more

Molly Freeman of Screen Rant

2019-11-08

Waves tells the equally joyous and tragic story of one family with great tenderness, but with a sometimes too aggressively raucous and chaotic style. Read more

Filipe Freitas of Always Good Movies

2020-01-28

Waves doesn't work in its entirety, but when it connects, it’s powerful and uncomfortable. Read more