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Blue Crush (2002)
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Reviews Counted:135
Fresh:84
Rotten:51
Average Rating:5.8/10
Consensus: The surfing sequences are exhilarating, but the plot is pretty forgettable and trite.
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... [More]
Starring: Kate Bosworth, Sanoe Lake, Michelle Rodriguez, Matthew Davis
Director: John Stockwell
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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. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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Apesar de um ou outro diálogo se render ao clichê 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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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. Full Review |
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The target audience should go home wanting a surfboard for Christmas. Full Review |
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