Waves

A controlling father’s attempts to ensure that his two children succeed in high school backfire after his son experiences a career-ending sports injury. Their familial bonds are eventually placed under severe strain by an unexpected tragedy.

Cast

Kelvin Harrison, Jr.

as Tyler

Taylor Russell

as Emily

Renée Elise Goldsberry

as Catharine

Sterling K. Brown

as Ronald

Lucas Hedges

as Luke

Alexa Demie

as Alexis

Neal Huff

as Bill

Clifton Collins Jr.

as Bobby

Krisha Fairchild

as English Teacher

Ruben E. A. Brown

as Wally

Reviews

itsalwayssunnyinchicago

Best film of the year by far. ...

Matthew Brady

I went into this blind, but as soon as it was over, I instantly knew I witnessed something special. This is gonna be hard to talk about since the movie doesn’t follow a conventional narrative. Although I believe that these type of movies will stay with you much longer, as the emotional connection...

Stephen Campbell

**_Bleak, but not despondent; brilliant, but not for everyone_** >_For me, style always comes out of the character and the substance. Everything we're doing is just to bring you more inside the main character's head - the camera moves, the colours, the music. Everything's just to be honest to Ty ...

SWITCH.

'Waves', while certainly ambitious, is so busy trying to be a future indie classic with its camera acrobatics and needle drops that it forgets to give any impetus to care about the supposedly profound stories it's trying to tell, instead coasting on its stylistic flairs and hoping these will distrac...

endedgale

the 2019 box office is still one of the best today. and it is no secret that 2019 had some of the best theatrical releases, and i think _**waves**_ is one of them. amongst many of the box office hits there was a little hidden gem called **_waves_**. a film about life, the waves it sends your w...

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