Review of The 5th Wave (2016) by Susan Granger for SSG Syndicate — 11 Feb 2016

Insipid sci-fi, a dystopian disappointment...

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This review of The 5th Wave (2016) was written by Susan Granger and published by SSG Syndicate on 11 Feb 2016.

The 5th Wave has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Amanda Greever (35) for The Daily Times (Tennessee) (35) on 09 Jan 2019

Maybe the novel fleshes out the story and the characters, but that doesn't really help anybody who is going to see this movie…

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By Aaron M (1,334) on 10 Dec 2017

This movie surpirsed me. It wasnt anything special and its a young cast but it had some twists and turns that I didnt expect…

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By Mike M (2,387) on 01 Apr 2018

The storyline is a fairly good one, and it did remind me of Hunger Games…

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By Todd S (966) on 05 Feb 2018

The 5th Wave is a rare of example of a film I enjoyed despite hating the novel it was based on…

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By Johnny Gayzmonic (188) for Fanboys of the Universe (188) on 30 Oct 2018

There's very little to distinguish The 5th Wave from all the other young adult dystopias that came before it...a completely boilerplate and…

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By Elizabeth S (547) on 10 Dec 2017

This movie surpirsed me. It wasnt anything special and its a young cast but it had some twists and turns that I didnt expect…

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By Keri H (22) on 13 May 2017

A movie about an apocalyptic situation. It has a decent story line, and the book was amazing. The movie fell short of that though…

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By John C (2,737) on 14 Apr 2018

Another series getting ready to bore Ya, about as exciting as fly paper. Might be ok if 20 minutes, aliens made this movie…

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By Badgerryan19 (195) on 18 May 2017

The first act was promising. Then it gets bad and boring. A stupid love story and a cliched one. Chloe Grace couldn't even save the film…

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By Junelkean (96) on 29 Jun 2017

It feels like there are just as many post-apocalyptic movies based on young adult science fiction novels every year and they seem getting more…

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