We managed to get a copy of this movie only with Norwegian soundtrack and English subtitles. A typical disaster movie, story line was OK and the acting was pretty good overall making it a watchable movie. Edge of your seat it was not, somehow it just lacked the intensity required for a rally good movie of this type. Now the main negatives, the SFX, was not that good and looked a bit amateurish but the worst bit is what followed as the story moved through the resultant wreckage there were random little fires scattered through the scenes, all roughly the same size and so obviously false. Question, after everything has been thoroughly soaked for an extended period why would little fires spring up. A burning gas main or a liquid fuel fire I could have accepted but it looked like a troupe of adventure scouts had just left the scene leaving their camp fires burning, as the film progressed it became laughable. Would we watch it again, probably not as there are much better movies of this type available.

Although anticipated, no one is really ready when the mountain pass above the scenic, narrow Norwegian fjord Geiranger collapses and creates an 85-meter high violent tsunami. A geologist is one of those caught in the middle of it. Bølgen (or also known as The Wave) suffers from an overstuffed plot and a mix of different genres like action, disaster and drama and to be honest i had more fun with films like Armageddon, Volcano and even Geostorm than this film. The perfomances were also not that good either and i didn't get invested with any of the leading characters or the others as a whole. Better skip it and see something else!!!

The science leading up to the mountain landslide and resulting tsunami, is far more interesting than the questionable survival techniques that follow. The beginning has breathtaking scenery and is almost all in daylight. Once the impressive c.g.i. tsunami is over, things shift into closeup images in almost total darkness, and the believability scale descends dramatically. I would say that the chances of an ending like we witness is many millions to one. Nowhere is the hypothermia factor even mentioned. Being submerged in what must be frigid fjord water for even a few minutes would most likely be fatal. "The Wave" is not a bad movie, it is just a film that stretches things a bit far. If you can look beyond that, then it is a movie worth watching. - MERK

On other rating sites, I've read some negative reviews and saw low ratings about this film simply because it had subtexts. That is so stupid and unfair. This film is the complete definition of the term simple but effective. Even with this film's high predictability it's still able to grasp the viewer and take them on a nice thrill ride. This film was also driven by a lot of drama. In the story we get a well delivered view of who these characters are and what comes out of them in the situations they each encounter. This film didn't need to make any extra points or have other major problems arise to keep its viewer interested. It just remained a simple piece of work and that's what I liked about it. It was not Hollywood. Another good thing I like about this film is the acting. The characters in this film were brought out with great performances. Though Kristian Eikjord (Kristoffer Joner) might be considered the hero of this film, Idun Karlsen (Ane Dahl Torp), the mother in this story, was a true soldier! She didn't hesitate to do what she had to do to keep her and her family safe. She was definitely my favorite character in this film. The cinematography and scene settings in this film are great. It should have been entered for an Oscar nomination for that at least, if it hadn't. Anyway, this is a great science fiction drama done with simplicity and a different feel to what Hollywood would do. I would definitely recommend this film.