History Film / Waves

One of the film's most notable selling points is its soundtrack, which contains some of the most popular names of the time's hip-hop, R&B, alternative and pop scenes, such as Music/{{Radiohead}}, Music/FrankOcean, Music/AnimalCollective, Music/TameImpala, Music/KidCudi, Music/KanyeWest and Music/{{SZA}} -- and required immense work to secure rights to the music. The film additionally received an original score composed by [[Music/NineInchNails Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross]].

* JumpScare: [[spoiler:After Tyler knocks Alexis to the floor, the moment is completely quiet, and we only hear Tyler's stifled sobs as he cradles her body. Both him and the audience then get jolted by the loud, horrified scream of an unfortunate girl also at the party who happened to walk into the room.]]

One of the film's most notable selling points is its eclectic soundtrack, containing some of the most popular names of the time's hip-hop, R&B, alternative and pop scenes, such as Music/{{Radiohead}}, [[Music/{{OFWGKTA}} Frank Ocean]], Music/AnimalCollective, Music/TameImpala, Music/KidCudi, Music/KanyeWest and Music/{{SZA}} -- and requiring immense work to secure rights to the music. The film additionally received an original score composed by [[Music/NineInchNails Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross]].

* AbusiveParents: Ronald, of the emotional variety. It's made clear that most of Tyler's issues are a result of Ronald pushing him too far, and he is called out by Emily for being neglectful towards his daughter as well.

Tthe film tells the emotional journey of the Williams family -- a suburban family in South Florida comprised of well-intentioned but domineering patriarch Ronald (Brown), his children Tyler (Harrison Jr.) and Emily (Russell), and their stepmother Catherine (Goldsberry) -- as they navigate love, forgiveness and coming together in the aftermath of extreme loss and tragedy.

* ParentalSubstitute: Catherine is Emily and Tyler's stepmother technically, but is the only mom Emily's really ever known, serving as a good one to both of them. [When Tyler angrily yells that Catherine's not his [[YoureNotMyFather real mom]], she's very hurt and Ronald is outraged.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Tyler is shown relieving himself to pornography to ease his stress early on in the film.

-->-- '''[[Literature/BookOfCorinthians 1 Corinthians 13:4-5]]''', ''Literature/TheBible''

''Waves'' is a 2019 drama film written and directed by Trey Edward Shults (''Krisha'', ''Film/ItComesAtNight''), released by [=A24=] on November 15, 2019 after premiering at the Telluride Film Festival on August 30 of that year. The film stars Kelvin Harrison Jr., Creator/SterlingKBrown, Creator/TaylorRussell, Creator/LucasHedges, Renee Elise Goldsberry and Alexa Demie.

-->-- '''[[Literature/TheBible 1 Corinthians 13:4-5]]'''

** [[spoiler:Tyler is sentenced to life, having a possibility of parole after thirty years, for what was probably involuntary manslaughter from what's seen (which might get you five to ten years at most usually), even despite having a plea deal. It's probable the prosecution felt they could prove premeditation however given the angry texts he sent to Alexis before, and so this was likely bargained down from life without parole for first degree murder.]]

* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Tyler takes Alexis to have an abortion when he gets her pregnant. After they leave the clinic, she tells him she'd decided against it, which enrages Tyler. He tries persuading her otherwise, saying that high school seniors shouldn't be worrying about raising a child, which frustrates her greatly as she believes he's refusing to understand her perspective on the situation. [[spoiler:The fallout from this ultimately leads to her accidental death.]]
* JumpScare: [[spoiler:After Tyler knocks Alexis to the floor, the moment is deafeningly quiet, and we only hear Tyler's stifled sobs as he cradles her body. Both him and the audience then get jolted by the loud, horrified scream of an unfortunate girl also at the party who happened to walk into the room.]]

One of the film's most notable selling points is its eclectic soundtrack, containing some of the most popular names of the time's hip-hop, R&B, alternative and pop scenes, such as Music/{{Radiohead}}, [[Music/{{OFWGKTA}} Frank Ocean]], Music/AnimalCollective, Music/TameImpala, Music/KidCudi, Music/KanyeWest and Music/{{SZA}} -- and requiring immense work to secure the music. The film additionally received an original score composed by [[Music/NineInchNails Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross]].

* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler:Tyler angrily hits Alexis, making her fall and strike her head. To his horror, she bleeds out from her injury. He's convicted of second degree murder for it.]]

* AsTheGoodBookSays: 1 Corinthians 13 is preached upon by a pastor.

* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Tyles takes Alexis to have an abortion when he gets her pregnant. After they leave she tells him she'd decided against it, which enrages Tyler and he tries persuading her otherwise. [[spoiler:This leads ultimately to her death when he hits Alexis later and accidentally kills her.]]

* ParentalSubstitute: Catherine is Emily and Tyler's stepmother technically, but is the only mom Emily's really ever known, serving as a good one to both of them. When Tyler angrily yells how Catherine's not his [[YoureNotMyFather real mom]], she's very hurt and his dad's outraged.
* PleaseWakeUp: [[spoiler:Tyler, verbatim, while cradling Alexis' body]].

* TheirFirstTime: Emily and Luke have theirs together. He [[SpeedSex comes fast]], but Emily says it's fine-they can do it again.
* UnderwaterKiss: Emily {{first kiss}}es her boyfriend Luke while both dive under a pond.

* ParentalSubstitute: Catherine is Emily and Tyler's stepmother technically, but is the only mom Emily's really ever known, serving as a good one to both of them. When Tyler angrily yells how she's not his [[YoureNotMyFather real mom]], she's very hurt and his dad's outraged.

* DisappearedDad: Luke's dad was a drug user who abused him, so he's estranged. He later meets him one last time after it turns out that his dad is dying of cancer. When they meet Luke forgives him and his dad is very remorseful about how he acted.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Tyler is shown relieving himself to pornography to ease his stress early on in the film.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Tyler is sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Alexis, and Luke's father succumbs to cancer, but Emily and Ronald eventually reconcile.]]

* DisproportionateRetribution: [[spoiler:After Alexis breaks up with Tyler, he makes a mess of his room, throws his father to the floor, stalks Alexis at a house party, and eventually knocks her dead.]]

* TeenPregnancy: Appears in the plot as [[spoiler:Tyler's girlfriend Alexis turns out to be pregnant, alluded to by her missing her period. He takes her to get an abortion, but she ends up choosing to keep the baby, which has horrific ramifications for her.]]

''Waves'' is a 2019 drama film written and directed by Trey Edward Shults (''Krisha'', ''Film/ItComesAtNight''), released by [=A24=] on November 15, 2019 after premiering at the Telluride Film Festival on August 30 of that year.

Starring Kelvin Harrison Jr., Creator/SterlingKBrown and Creator/LucasHedges, the film tells the emotional journey of a South Florida suburban family as they navigate love, forgiveness and coming together in the aftermath of extreme loss and tragedy.

One of the film's most notable selling points is its eclectic soundtrack, containing some of the most popular names of the time's hip-hop, R&B, alternative and pop scenes, such as Music/{{Radiohead}}, [[Music/{{OFWGKTA}} Frank Ocean]], Music/AnimalCollective, Music/TameImpala, Music/KidCudi, Music/KanyeWest and Music/{{SZA}} -- and requiring immense work to secure the music.

The film additionally received an original score composed by [[Music/NineInchNails Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross]].

-->--'''[[Literature/TheBible 1 Corinthians 13:4-5]]'''

''Waves'' is a 2019 drama film written and directed by Trey Edward Shults (''Film/ItComesAtNight''), released by [=A24=] on November 15, 2019 after premiering at the Telluride Film Festival on August 30 of that year.

Starring Kelvin Harrison, Jr., Creator/SterlingKBrown and Creator/LucasHedges, the film tells the emotional journey of a South Florida suburban family as they navigate love, forgiveness and coming together in the aftermath of extreme loss and tragedy.

Starring Kelvin Harrison Jr., Creator/SterlingKBrown and Creator/LucasHedges, the film tells the emotional journey of a South Florida suburban family as they navigate love, forgiveness and coming together in the aftermath of extreme loss and tragedy.

''Waves'' is a 2019 drama written and directed by Trey Edward Shults (''Film/ItComesAtNight''). Starring Kelvin Harrison Jr., Creator/SterlingKBrown and Creator/LucasHedges, it tells the emotional journey of a suburban family as they navigate love, forgiveness and coming together in the aftermath of a loss.

* AspectRatioSwitch: Most of the film is shot in the 1.85 : 1 ratio, while some scenes use the 1.33 : 1 and 2.35 : 1 ratio.

* BookEnds: The film begins and ends with a shot of Emily cycling

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:After Tyler knocks Alexis to the floor, he is horrified to find her bleeding out and dead.]]

* BookEnds: The film begins and ends with a shot of Emily cycling.