‘In Waves’ Review: An Eloquent Rendering of First Love, Heart-Crushing Loss and the Joy of Surfing
The first animated film to open the Cannes festival’s Critics’ Week, In Waves is an understated marvel, its elegant hand-drawn simplicity bolstered by a strong emotional throughline. The love story it tells — spirited, tender and wrenching — begins with the clumsy meet-cute in a suburban Los Angeles high school of AJ, an introverted skateboarder,…