Caught By A Wave (2021) Movie Review

 Pretty Dark, Pretty Good

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 Directed by Massimiliano Camaiti, and starring Elvira Camarrone with Christian Roberto, Caught By A Wave is an Italian movie. The movie follows Sara, a young adult battling with muscular dystrophy. Sara is on the edge of life, and wants to experience nice things before she... there's no cure to that you see, the best scenario is a wheelchair. So she goes to a summer camp type of place, but for sailing. She meets the dreamy boy that'll soon become pretty important for him, a young adult named Lorenzo. She doesn't tell him that she has this ilness right away though, or never untill he finds out, to be more clear. As she's trying to look like a normal, regular girl, her parents tell Lorenzo the whole story, for some reason. So, after he finds out, he gets confused about what to do. He likes Sara, but will he love her even when she's in need of care, even when she's in her death bed?

Caught By A Wave is, in a good way, a dark drama. The movie gets on with Sara's optimistic, yet somehow drown, dark personality. She's really not okay with being different, she wants to live, like all others, yet she's also in peace with death, kind of. Lorenzo in the other hand, is a pretty healthy young gentleman, but he's not in peace with himself, with his father, or with his late mother. They're displayed like two opposite souls, but not really. They're very much alike, they're both in need of a friend, someone to talk to, someone to listen when they talk, someone to support them, someone to be lonely together. As you can see, the movie begins with a really, really good character tree. Still, you don't really get to understand that untill after the first half of it. Really, the movie is just rushing at the beginning, rushing to make the two a couple, rushing to the part Lorenzo learns, just rushing. They meet in a rush as well. (Seriously, they rush and jump a fire, that's how they met) Anyways, the movie is not that long for a drama really, it's just normal. But, the movie has that draggy feeling to it, but somehow the story is rushed at the same time, at least in the first half.

Character development is a plus for the movie. Even though the leads are the only developing characters mostly, and even though the supporting roles are somewhat odd when it comes to development, the movie still gets a good rating from that for me. Sara, is growing into something she knows she wants to be, yet she's still keeping that dark side in her, she's still trying to normalize herself. Lorenzo, learns to be at peace with himself, he learns to accept others with their pain. The two together feels heartwarming to watch in this somewhat dark drama.

The movie in general has that battling cancer drama feeling to it. The movie is more than just the ilness yes, but the ilness again is the main hero of this story. The movie evolves with the progress of the ilness, and ends with it. And again, just like in the ones we saw before, like the latest one, Five Feet Apart, the romance is displayed within that atmosphere. Does it work? Hell yes!

Caught By A Wave, in the end, shows a notable effort to be unique, yet still is very similar to works we previously saw. It's an emotional, and a well told story about love. Yes it's not the only one, probably not the best one either, but it's a good one. If you have an hour and half to spare for Netflix, Caught By Wave could be an exciting choice.

Cinemortals Rating : 7/10

Reviewed By : Batuhan