Review of The 5th Wave (2016) by Craig M — 07 Feb 2016

Interesting and worth seeing, but not unique or original.

This review of The 5th Wave (2016) was written by Craig M on 07 Feb 2016.

The 5th Wave has generally received mixed reviews.

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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 Daniel A (1,013) on 22 Aug 2017

The movie was really dissapointing. I have read the book and really enjoyed it, it was one of my favorite read of 2016…

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By Frank Ochieng (928) for SF Crowsnest (189) on 09 Nov 2018

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By Broyax (884) on 02 Aug 2018

Eh ben dis donc, elle en a fait du chemin la petite Chloé, depuis Kick-Ass ! elle est devenue une jolie poupée blonde…

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By Moriah F (66) on 02 Jun 2017

One of those rare times the movie is better than the book…

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By Kyle M (2,387) on 27 Sep 2018

As an adaptation to the first chapter of a printed trilogy, it lacks cinematic confidence to continue on when efforts were maximum to decent…

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By Colin R (130) on 11 Jun 2017

Terrible story, terrible dialogue. I did not like it…

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By Jacob L (312) on 09 Jun 2018

Man the let down this was, and not to mention how it doesn't even hold up…

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By Mark L (1,544) on 08 Jun 2017

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Review of The 5th Wave (2016) by Craig M — 07 Feb 2016

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

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…

The movie was really dissapointing. I have read the book and really enjoyed it, it was one of my favorite read of 2016…

drippy and derivative…

Eh ben dis donc, elle en a fait du chemin la petite Chloé, depuis Kick-Ass ! elle est devenue une jolie poupée blonde…

One of those rare times the movie is better than the book…

As an adaptation to the first chapter of a printed trilogy, it lacks cinematic confidence to continue on when efforts were maximum to decent…

Terrible story, terrible dialogue. I did not like it…

Man the let down this was, and not to mention how it doesn't even hold up…

Sure it has some interesting ideas and a promising cast to back it up, but The 5th Wave is a lazy, dull and unoriginal sci-fi adventure…

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