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Blue Crush (2002)
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Reviews Counted:7
Fresh:4
Rotten:3
Average Rating:5.6/10
Consensus: The surfing sequences are exhilarating, but the plot is pretty forgettable and trite.
Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Set among the white beaches and thunderous waves of Hawaii's North Shore, BLUE CRUSH is an adrenaline-drenched surf picture that boasts a star-making performance from Kate Bosworth. Bosworth is... Set among the white beaches and thunderous waves of Hawaii's North Shore, BLUE CRUSH is an adrenaline-drenched surf picture that boasts a star-making performance from Kate Bosworth. Bosworth is Anne Marie, a determined surfer who shares a beachside shack with her best friends Eden (Michelle Rodriguez) and Lena (Sanoe Lake), and younger sister Penny (Mika Boorem). Just days away from the infamous Rip Masters surfing contest, Anne Marie's life is thrown into turmoil. After being fired from her housekeeping job at a luxury resort hotel, she is courted by the hunky NFL quarterback Matt Tollman (Matthew Davis). As she tries to contain the wild emotions that are threatening to overwhelm her, Anne Marie tries to come to terms with a surfing accident from her past that nearly killed her. In order to survive the contest's deadly, crushing waves, Anne Marie must reach deep within herself to find the courage necessary to come out on top. With BLUE CRUSH, director John Stockwell gives the audience what they want: bikinis, music, romance, and surfing. His picture is graced with David Hennings' gorgeous photography, which captures the beauty and the excitement of the immensely popular sport. [More]
Starring: Kate Bosworth, Sanoe Lake, Michelle Rodriguez, Matthew Davis
Starring: Kate Bosworth, Sanoe Lake, Michelle Rodriguez, Matthew Davis
Director: John Stockwell
Director: John Stockwell
Screenwriter: Lizzy Weiss, John Stockwell
Producer: Brian Grazer, Karen Kehela
Composer: Paul Haslinger
Studio: Universal Pictures
Reviews for Blue Crush
Blue Crush has all the trappings of an energetic, extreme-sports adventure, but ends up more of a creaky "Pretty Woman" retread, with the emphasis on self-empowering schmaltz and big-wave surfing that gives pic its title an afterthought.
Looking at the posters for Blue Crush, which show Bosworth, Rodriguez and Lake posing with bikinis and surfboards, I expected another mindless surfing movie. Blue Crush is anything but.
It's hard to resist being swept up in Blue Crush, not least because David Hennings's shimmery photography carries the breeze and spray of the island right into the theater.
While the plot rarely rises above the level of serviceable, it's actually not as moronic as might have been expected, with the characterizations being somewhat less stereotypical than usual.
Acceptable in general outline, and helped by excellent surfing footage, Blue Crush nevertheless can't seem to sustain any momentum.
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