The Fourth Reich created in a week?!

paulcarm

The Wave is like a bad soap opera at times with some terrible acting from the students and strikingly dire dialogue like "My friend has run out of drugs. Have you got some?". On countless occasions we see the students' mindsets change through tiresome interactions with their parents. The story becomes more and more preposterous as it wears on with a group of kids becoming fascists after a few days of wearing the same shirt in class.

On the plus side I would say the lead character is quite effective in the role when not let down by the script and the direction and editing are at times fairly impressive.

Overall, I'd say watch this if predictable, right-on German films are your thing, but for me it was an ordeal, with the message of the movie revealing the blindingly obvious i.e. that fascism can spread under certain circumstances, but the idea that these teenagers would become Nazis in a week is frankly ridiculous.

score 3/10

paulcarm 23 May 2011

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