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Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Don't listen to the negative reviews

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

I remember learning about "the wave" in school, we had watched the older made for TV movie. Rainer Wenger reminded me of some of the teachers I had in high school. Some of the students's attitudes reminded me of how we felt and acted in school. The teachers did, at times, get us to stand up and move around to wake us up, so it's not like Wenger was doing anything that would necessarily stand out at first. The trouble I had with this story-line were the bizarre fights and run-ins the students had with townie anarchists (only way I can describe them) and the ending. I doubt Germany has roving anarchists looking to fight teenagers. That part makes no sense to me. I thought the way Wenger was ending the experiment was realistic. He had the students reflect on their experience in The Wave and read some excerpts on stage in an auditorium. In real life, Ron Jones did enjoy the power of being the leader beyond what he imagined and it took him a while to come to terms with that. Wenger was much quicker to realize that and to admit that to the students. I also had trouble with how into "The Wave" Tim got. Enough to buy a gun, shoot a fellow student and himself? That's a fast progression to happen in a week. Even with those two troubles I feel this movie showed how fascism/autocracy could start and rise. We're all susceptible.

It was on national television last night. I was curious to see it after a brief description on the net. And it was good.It says that it is based on the true story. I don't know how much of it really did happen, but the premise of the new group calling themselves 'The Wave' which is made of high school students is pretty interesting and who develop from a class experiment to a movement in just 3 days... Whoa! This is something that I don't really believe can happen. It may maybe in the course of 3 weeks... The acting of all teenagers was good. I guess the main male role is good too. The notion of new fascism or totalitarianism is kinda scary and it was a bit uncomfortable to see how people react when they are in a mob or a group. It is something that scares me personally. I give this movie a note 8. I have seen some other experiment type of movies with students, but this one is the best - from what I remember.

The Wave. It is a German movie and based on a social experiment by a teacher on its students that goes out of control. It works as a study of human behavior that manipulating mind of many at once is not a rocket science.The Wave is interesting because of its authenticity, its well etched characters, sharp dialogs and most importantly the underlined idea. Jürgen Vogel playing the accused and victim of the wrong doing does well and few key students characters support him well. As a nitpicking, what movie lacks is an unpredictable climax after surprising and engaging development of the story.I am going with strong 7 out of 10 for The Wave. Given the idea, it could have been much more impactful but still it has enough to entertain you and make you think at the same time.

At a German high school, a new age teacher is trying to make his students understand dictatorship by forming a week long experiment forming a form of dictatorship called die welle, the wave. But as the days past by, the small group grows stronger and bigger, becoming something more than a school project, something that can't be controlled. Strong massages are passed through the movie, without tiring the audience or boring them. The story line is honest and realistic, showing the characters as they are, with their broken families, their problems, their character's weaknesses, explaining at the same time the reasons why the wave had such an impact on them. The thrill grows more intense as the project starts to get over control, however that stops violently with the ending, that grabs the big 10 out of 10 of the film. Some technical weaknesses can be overlooked by the nicely written scenario though and the great performances. So 7 out of 10, because it is a strong movie, but it spoils at the end.