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Blue Crush Movie Rating: 
Great Cinematography, Shame About The Plot | |
| Abandoned by their mother, California surfer girl Anne Marie (Kate Bosworth) and little sister Penny (Mika Boorem) move to Oahu, where they share a beach shack with Eden (Michelle Rodriguez) and Lena (Sanoe Lake). When the three older girls aren't working as wisecracking hotel maids and Penny is home from school, they hit the beach to watch Anne Marie train for the male-dominated Rip Masters surf competition. | |
| Based on the Outside Magazine article "Surf Girls of Maui," by Susan Orlean, this could have been the quintessential film about surfing. Unfortunately, although director John Stockwell captures the sport's thrill, the story fails miserably on all counts, with family dysfunction and bland romance distracting from the extraordinary action cinematography. This great-looking movie gets crushed by a lot of clumsy melodrama. |
Mika Boorem, Michelle Rodriguez, Kate Bosworth, and
Sanoe Lake in Blue Crush.
Courtesy of Universal Pictures.
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