A school teacher discusses types of government with his class. His students find it too boring to repeatedly go over national socialism and believe that dictatorship cannot be established in modern Germany. He starts an experiment to show how easily the masses can become manipulated.
Seductive and horrifying at the same time...The film opens with a rush of energy and doesn't let up.
– James Greenberg,
Hollywood Reporter,
30 Jan 2008
fresh:
Still, the quicksilver editing and thumping score mean it's zippily put together, and an undeniable willingness to engage with a youthful audience is admirably inclusive.
– Trevor Johnston,
Time Out,
19 Sep 2008
rotten:
"The Wave" feels overdetermined and ploddingly dramatized.