'In Waves' Review: Animated Surfing Romance Premieres at Annecy Film Festival
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Pete Hammond
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A review of 'In Waves', an animated love story set in the California surfing community, premiering at the Annecy Film Festival. The film follows A.J., a water-phobic man, and Kri, a surfer girl, in a modern West Coast take on the classic tragic romance formula reminiscent of 'Love Story'. The review highlights the film's emotional depth, animation style, and its competition debut at the prestigious Annecy festival.
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· 2 pulledNot to sound too dated but if you remember with fondness 1970's classic boy meets girl-boy loves girl-boy loses girl love story titled, of course, Love Story, then I have a new animated feature that is kind of the West Coast version on water.
Replacing Ryan O'Neal and Ali MacGraw in their snowy winter-set east coast movie that starts with the line, 'what can you say about a 25 year old girl who dies?' is this sunny sweet L.A.-set slightly younger version with a (initially) water phobic A.J. and surfer girl extraordinaire Kri
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