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Blue Crush (2002)

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Reviews Counted: 134

Fresh: 83

Rotten:51

Average Rating: 5.8/10

Consensus: The surfing sequences are exhilarating, but the plot is pretty forgettable and trite.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for sexual content, teen partying, language and a fight

Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Aug 16, 2002 Wide

Box Office: $40,118,420

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

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Sporting a cast of up-and-coming actresses, John Stockwell's surfing flick offers up a slice of entertainment that acknowledges its roots and whose throw away pleasures arrive with no guilt.

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07/02/08
Todd Gilchrist
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When the movie attempts to tell a story on land, you might want to bring along a flashlight and a magazine.

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07/23/07
Rob Gonsalves
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Proves to indeed be the formulaic bore it appears to be, however nicely dressed up (or undressed, depending on one's perspective) it is.

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Michael Dequina
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Stockwell has made half of a good movie. Now he needs to figure out how to craft a film with words worthy of the beauty of its images.

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01/06/04
Greg Maki
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09/11/03
Geoff Carter
Las Vegas Weekly

Apesar de um ou outro diálogo se render ao clichę do “vença-seus-medos!”, o filme é bem realizado, conta com protagonistas carismáticas e transforma o surfe em um esporte com incrível apelo cinematográfico.

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04/20/03
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Surfing is not a particularly complex thing to figure out from the outside, but here the photography and editing do well to demonstrate the beauty of how it all looks while moving with a momentum that wraps us up in the physical drama.

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04/13/03
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
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The target audience should go home wanting a surfboard for Christmas.

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04/08/03
Harry Guerin
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