Blue Crush (2002)

Kate Bosworth rides the pipe!!

The premise of the movie is simple enough: overcoming one's past difficulties and exorcising personal demons. The method of empowerment is surfing.

To be quite honest, when I hear the name Kate Bosworth and the words "riding pipe" in the same sentence, I figure that the movie is a winner.

Anne Marie (Kate Bosworth), Eden (Michelle Rodriguez), and Leena (SOMEONE), are three roommates who love to surf. They pay their way to live by working as housekeepers at a fancy resort hotel. I've stayed at hotels all over the country, even Hawaii, and I've never seen a housekeeper that looks like Kate Bosworth, let alone three attractive twenty-somethings together.

Aside from that obvious ridiculousness, Anne Marie is a surfing prodigy who has lost her way. A few years ago she had a bad wipeout, and she hasn't recovered psychologically. She has to enter a big tournament where the waves are so strong they kill people, where she has to overcome fears to get her big break. Along the way she finds a fling with an NFL QB in Hawaii for the Pro Bowl, and he gives the typical metaphorical speech that relates to surfing victory, and helps her overachieve.

For what is essentially a chick-flick, this movie is actually pretty good. It doesn't hurt that there are a ton of bikini shots and great surfing action. The drama, humor, and believability make it quite enjoyable, with something for everyone. February 18, 2008

Fun, fresh and entertaining from the beginning to the very end...

`Blue Crush' is a lot more than just a chick flick with half naked women. It's actually got a lot of heart and a halfway decent storyline. Of course the major draw to a film like this has to be the beautiful Hawaiian scenery, not to mention a few very nice tan lines, but like I mentioned, `Blue Crush' has a lot more to offer. Director John Stockwell has proved before with `Crazy/Beautiful' that he has a delicate and mature touch when approaching the all too often generic teen movie. He is able to infuse enough emotion and maturity into his films so that they come across new and fresh, inviting and, well, mature. He does the same here with `Blue Crush', giving us a film that is far from chick flick feeling and one that young and old, male and female can appreciate. It's funny when it needs to be funny, dramatic when it needs to be dramatic and soothing when it needs to be soothing.

The film tells the story of Anne, a young girl who dreams of becoming a professional surfer all the while taking care of her bratty kid sister Penny and working herself to the bone as a maid for one of the prestige hotels. She lives with her two best friends Eden and Lena who enjoy her love of surfing and are determined to help her train for the Pipe Masters tournament where she'll surf the Bonzai Pipeline. Anne has to face her own demons though, as a previous accident where she nearly drowned has crippled her in a way, mentally, making her incessant fear of drowning a major problem for her advancement. Another problem surfaces in the form of hunky football player Matt who shows up and takes root in Anne's heart.

All the actors do a great job with the material. Kate Bosworth is completely believable as Anne, and Mika Boorem is just as convincing as her sister Penny. Both Michelle Rodgriguez and Sanoe Lake are effective as Anne's friends, but Michelle has the larger of the two parts and is the more outspoken one. She plays Eden, the one who really wants to push Anne to succeed, and she does so with gusto. Besides, at the time she was really the only recognizable name and so she's instantly separated from the crowd. That's not to say she's the most entertaining of the bunch, just the most recognizable. Matthew Davis may have been a recognizable face but he hadn't really had a break out role yet (Michelle had `The Fast and the Furious'). Consider this his breakout. He does a great job as Matt, infusing enough charm to go with his rugged good looks to make you believe in Anne's apparent infatuation.

So from the beautiful ocean view to the compelling storyline and relatable, and likable, characters, `Blue Crush' succeeds on really all terms. It's definitely a film that can stand up to multiple viewings and one that will be enjoyed each and every time. So don't be turned off by the girly cover art or the fear of a simplistic and mind numbing prose, just pop in the DVD, sit back and enjoy the fact that not all chick flicks are avoidable, and some of them should be sought after. August 2, 2007

Blue Crush

Blue Crush 1hr 45min. $9.99
Brian Grazer, Karen Kehela PG-13


Annemarie Chadwick (Kate Bosworth) and her two best friends, Eden (Michelle Rodriguez), Lena (Sanoe Lake), and Annemarie's little sister Penny (Mika Boorem) are extremely good at, and love to surf!! Actually Annemarie is so good at surfing that she gets invited to go and surf at the annual Pipe Masters Contest! But when it comes down to actually go and surf in the morning, everyone tends to have a tight schedule, because everyone wakes up at 6:30 just to go and surf! After surfing however, Annemarie rushes to get Penny to school, although she has to make sure Penny won't ditch. On top of all that, Annemarie, Eden and Lena all have to rush to their job, which are being hotel maids. However Annemarie gets fired from her job for publicly embarrassing a V.I.P guest, who happens to be a professional football player! Soon after being fired, Matt (Matthew Davis) the quarter back of the football team, comes to find Annemarie for surfing lessons. This starts a new romance between Annemarie and Matt. So now Annemarie struggles between a new romance, taking care of Penny (so hopefully Penny would stop smoking) and training for pipe masters. Annemarie struggles with training because she's too afraid that she will have another near drowning incident that happened three years before.

I thought that this movie was A-MAZING!! I loved the drama and the competition! If you ever watch this movie, I think that you might feel the same way! I think the director's use of music is really cool and good and has good taste, because some of the music is tropical, and some is sport-like. In my opinion, I think the movie setting was at one of the amazing places ever, HAWAII!!!!
So if you like the ocean, surfing and watching competitions, I think that you might want to watch this movie!!! June 13, 2007

Worth rebuying

I bought this movie about 4 years ago. I loved it so much. But with most movies they get damaged sooner or later. This is a movie worth rebuying over and over again, because you'll watch it over and over agian. It teaches you to never give up and hold close to your loved ones, no matter what. April 11, 2007

Not enough surfing, but I enjoyed the scenery.

Overall the movie was cool for me. The storyline was so-so and there wasn't enough surfing. I did enjoy the bit of good surfing they had though. The main reason I bought the movie was because it was filmed on Oahu (although there were parts that I think may have been filmed in Maui but passed off as Oahu). The special features had some good footage. November 10, 2006

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