2019 Directed by Trey Edward Shults
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.
Kelvin Harrison Jr. Taylor Russell Renée Elise Goldsberry Sterling K. Brown Lucas Hedges Alexa Demie Neal Huff Clifton Collins Jr. Krisha Fairchild Ruben E.A. Brown Joshua Brockington Vivi Pineda David Garelik Alan Fritz Kristin Wollett Ellen Marguerite Cullivan Taisha Perez Nicholas Ryan Hernandez Bill Wise Harmony Korine
WAVES feels like A24’s Magnolia. an operatic plea for people to be better to each other, and a cautionary tale about why you should be wary of anyone whose favorite Kanye album is The Life of Pablo. a whole lot of it doesn't work but i couldn't help but respect the ambition and open-heartedness of it all.
Exactly what you’d expect from a movie to play Kanye, Kendrick, Tyler, Cudi, Frank Ocean, Chance, Radiohead and Animal Collective all in one movie. The first half of this film is literally so chaotic but in a really good way. The opening credits are sick, but I can’t tell if that’s just because I like Floridada by Animal Collective. And that’s how I felt about pretty much most of this film. Do I like this or is it really just the music? And then in the second half they dial it down on the music and you’re like yep...was definitely just the music. A mess, an absolute mess. Such a god damn mess. But maybe...MAYBE....that was the point. But a mess. This film will mean a lot to a lot of high school kids and I respect that but ehehhhhh
Ambitious, bold and beautiful. Easily one of my faves of the year. Mind boggling that the Spirits and Gothams didn’t give this film more love. A big screen experience for sure. Trey Edward Shults is the real deal.
Drew Daniels’s cinematography is gorgeous. Shot on Alexa Mini with Panavision C, D and E lenses. Fluid and inventive Steadicam work by my friend Osvaldo Silvera Jr. (The Florida Project).
Watched at Cineplex Odeon Park Theater - Vancouver
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As if a r/hhh playlist tried to mimic the aesthetic of Moonlight - truly an embarrassment. Second half plays better as it settles down, but Trey Edward Shults has no consideration for the interiority of human beings, and even less so for the functions of drama, so the whole tapestry collapses. The moods and energies of his work are completely unfounded - all anxiety and pain but no basis in concrete characterizations. Everyone in this is a type, an object to be painted all pretty and backed by music expected to do the heavy lifting, and it leads to a disingenuous visceral assault on the senses. This is a shallow kiddie pool playacting as an ocean of feeling, with…
im already trying not to think of the meme potential to watching a teenager trash his room and punch a wall after getting a bad text what makes you think playing tyler the creator over it will help
The most arrogant type of film - one that presumes to understand the lives and experiences of people of color, yet refuses to acknowledge its own shortcomings while gleefully inserting itself into every facet of their cultures. It's a film created by a filmmaker who thinks calling his project "autobiographical" or "color blind" will somehow absolve him of all accountability in the portrayals we see on screen. It's a film that completes a trifecta of being morally, structurally, and tonally inept, wholly incapable of cobbling together any semblance of a good script because it's too distracted by pretty colors. I realize this film means a lot to a lot of you, so allow me to explain.
I thought Krisha was great -…
real 2013 tumblr ass cinema. deeply contrived, monotonous histrionics and misery porn with the volume and extremity of the Directing cranked up to 11. really feels like shults wanted to make a spotify playlist more than a movie. some nice performances (especially when given the chance to breathe after things settle down a bit in the second half) but someone please buy this man a fucking tripod
when that aspect ratio changed from widescreen to 4:3, my ass clenched along with it
Easier to see through the bullshit on a second viewing. Excited to talk about this on my PODCAST.
(Karstcast Moviecast available wherever you get your podcasts)
didn't always work for me, and sometimes it gets carried away with its own ambition, but i adored the latter half. i think waves is at its best when it focuses on forgiveness.
This won’t be a traditional review for the film, rather, it’s a thank you letter to the incredibly inspiring filmmaker behind it, Trey Edward Shults. I know he’ll never see this and I know Letterboxd isn’t the best place for this, but I have to get everything off my chest. Sometimes a film just absolutely hits you on a personal note and that’s the case with Waves.
Thank You, Trey
Thank you for making this beautiful work of art that will stick with me forever. It’ll be the film I show my children, the film I hope will inspire them to better themselves like it’s done with me. The catharsis I felt while watching this is unparalleled to anything I’ve…
a coming of age that is not about a white teenager facing superficial problems? we love to see it! also I loved everything about this film the actors, the cinematography and the soundtrack (trent reznor and atticus ross <3) and especially shoot out to kelvin harrison jr who was AMAZINGGGGGG
One of the most depressing movies in the first half and it’s so unbelievably real tate. when watching this it brings similar feelings to manchester by the sea and it’s interesting directorial style and amazing performances make this so sad in the best way. WATCH THIS TATE.
Es de las películas más angustiantes en las que he vivido, también de las más liberadoras.
Y oooooohhh.... la banda sonora le da mil vueltas a cualquiera de las de Tarantino. Frank Ocean? Lo dejo ahí.
-Pa Po Pe-
“We r over
I am blocking u now”
- me to Trey Edward Shults after watching a 135-minute long music video to his Chill Vibes Spotify playlist.
the act of watching this is such a unique experience. I've never seen a film like it. 100% recommend.
good but it was written & directed by a white man named trey and that’s all i can think about to write
i saw this movie twice in a span of two weeks i think and cried, like full on sobbed, both times
Everything that can be used to set the tone, was used masterfully. Depth of field, focal length, aspect ratio; these things are used so well to serve the story. The story has so much, but you don't realize it until you've seen it all and it's over.
The change of main characters in the second act didn't feel like a whole new thing, and it all felt connected through the whole overarching theme.
I really loved this.
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