Some sports movies are about sports (Remember the Titans) some are about the people who play them (Girl Fight). Blue Crush makes a huge mistake of choosing the latter approach, and it asks the viewer to invest in a handful of characters who are largely under fleshed, and never amount to much more than bodies in bikini's or shorts. The story is choppy and lacks fluidity, resulting in rushed characterization, a lack of explanation, and worst of all, The movie is not very exiting.Blue Crush's sole effectiveness, is that director John Stockwell has designed some phenomenal shots. He is able to work the camera behind the waves, below them or up atop them, sometimes onto the surfboard itself. Blue Crush may have some effectiveness as a sea spectacle but it is a superficial one. It's a flimsy story about flimsy people, frequently predictable. Offering a few laughs and few smiles, in an otherwise bland motion picture.

I think it is obvious why most boys will watch this film, but there is a good theme to be seen too, so I decided to try it and see which I'd be paying more attention to, and the conclusion, both. Basically, set in luxury Hawaii, Anne Marie Chadwick (Superman Returns' Kate Bosworth) is a surfing enthusiast, along with her friends Eden (Michelle Rodriguez) and Lena (Sanoe Lake). The days are counting down to the Pipe Masters surf competition, and Anne Marie is determined to conquer the waves that she had an incident on last time she tried two years ago. Her practising and determination for this competition are being distracted by both her young Penny (Mika Boorem) she has to look after, and her falling for professional quarterback Matt Tollman (Matthew Davis). But when it does come to the day of the competition, determination hasn't changed one bit, and she is willing to do it both for her Penny, her friends and Matt together. She may not have got through the full competition and won, but she still got high praise and her photo on the cover of a surfing magazine. Also starring Chris Taloa as Drew, Kala Alexander as Kala and Ruben Tejada as J.J. The surfing and ocean sequences are brilliantly shot, and of course the boys (me included) will enjoy the sight of three great looking girls in bikinis, so an enjoyable romantic (water) sports drama. Worth watching!

Good looking but ultimately routine surfing drama with 3 girl lead actors instead of guys.... offers more than it delivers mainly because there isn't a lot the producers can do with the material that hasn't been seen already in IN GODS HANDS or BIG Wednesday or even NORTH SHORE or Brit silliness BLUE JUICE or Australian travesties like LIQUID BRIDGE. In between great looking surf footage is the usual suburban TV level scenes in semi squalor, wild parties and teen arguments... or silly scenes in the workplace (hotel chambermaid scenes that are disgusting and just plain ugly....toilet bowls and condoms....ugh, yawn etc). Aimed squarely at teen audiences... primarily girls, and with the added butch aggro in the usual cranky performance by Michelle Rodriguez, there is absolutely nothing in this film for adults... sadly even those young adults in their 20s.

Well today was the day that i saw this film and i watched from start too finish, I'm not a film critic or in any way good with words, but i would like too say a big thank you too the actors and film crew for making a film that is very well worth watching... and the comments above are very detailed and i agree with all of the points.Loved the film Will they ever make another film with these people all in it, as they all seemed too gel together superbly.Great film , one i will with no doubt watch again and again later down the line........ female actors have moved on and up in status and i for one am very happy this has happened , no longer are they just for show, now they have a chance too show they can act and act very well.