AMC+The Wave (2008)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.3
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
AMC+
Philo
Apple TVBias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
AMC+PhiloApple TVDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film serves as a universal cautionary tale, exploring the psychological and societal mechanisms that can lead to authoritarianism and groupthink, rather than promoting a specific political ideology. Its central thesis critiques the erosion of individual critical thought and the dangers of unchecked collective identity, making it a warning against ideological extremism from any direction.
The film features a cast that reflects a diverse modern German society without explicit race or gender swaps of traditionally white roles. Its narrative focuses on the dangers of conformity and authoritarianism, rather than offering a critique of traditional identities.
Secondary
The film 'The Wave' does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its narrative is solely dedicated to depicting a social experiment on autocracy and its consequences within a high school setting, thus having no impact on LGBTQ+ representation.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film adapts a novel based on a real-world experiment. The central teacher character, Ron Jones/Ben Ross, remains male as Rainer Wenger. Other key student characters are either new to this adaptation or do not have a canonically established gender in the source material that was subsequently swapped.
The film is a German adaptation of an American novel and historical event. While the original context was a predominantly white American high school, the individual student characters' races were not explicitly established in the source material. The German film creates new characters within its own cultural setting, thus no race swaps occurred.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
7.3
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
User Ratings
7.6
7.5
Critic Ratings
6.7
N/A
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