Anne Marie Chadwick (Kate Bosworth) is a local surfer girl with best friends Eden (Michelle Rodriguez) and Lena (Sanoe Lake) aiming to surf the Pipe in competition. Her little sister Penny (Mika Boorem) is getting more rebellious especially when their mother leaves town. She struggles against testosterone driven surf culture, and her disgusting job as a hotel maid. However the arrival of pro football quarterback Matt Tollman (Matthew Davis) may distract her away from her goal.On the surface, this movie has beautiful babes in beautiful exotic locales. Beneath the surface, there is a compelling underdog story. It has emotions. She has to overcome her fears. Kate Bosworth is good as a girl unsure of herself. Rodriguez is the girl with attitude to spare. It's more than a simple exploitation film.

I just made myself a profile here because of this stupid movie! Why does everybody love it? I mean it sucks! IT SUCKS! It's on TV as I write this, and it's 40 minutes into the movie and I HATE IT already! What is the point of this movie. Boring storyline, no character development (so far at least), no anything. My god, I can't even remember the characters' names and the storyline (what little storyline it has) I just can't find, maybe if I had it on DVD, I could read what it is about, but so far it has been a movie about chicks and surfboards and some nature scenery, that's it! I've wasted 40 minutes of my life... I can't go on writing about this movie, I'm gonna go do something fun, like slam my head against a wall...I would have rated lower if I could, but I give it 1 star because I kick ass.

This should have been compressed down to a TV episode in bad TV dramaland.Some girls surf. One is a good surfer. Three friends work, room, giggle, room, work, laugh, and do other girl stuff together. One has a young sister who's doing young-teen stuff and being time-consuming. Their jobs suck. They like to meet boys. They like to surf. And do girl stuff.The lead could be a great surfer but is restrained by life and her little sister and a previous accident and and. This offers plenty of opportunities for her to pause and think about things; for her friends to give her advice; for her little sister to say naïve but meaningful things.And for her new boyfriend to give her a few great pep talks. What a guy he is: a quarterback in a tough sport but so gentle and sensitive.And then a famous surfer gives her yet another talk, right there on a board in the water; right there behind the BIG wave and, yup, she does it.Character development of the non-mains? Motivation for the fight at the beach? Lives of the 2 girlfriends? Naw. Instead, there's plenty of pausing and staring and looking within. All this talking and plotting and girling pepping and thinking around keeps everyone away from the surf. Thois is unfortunate because when the camera goes to the beach, it's awesome: great action, great scenes, great scenery, great drama.The rest of the movie is a bad soap opera.

This is one of those films that you tend to like without any apparent reason. "Blue Crush" is a quite flawed film, in fact. The story is too simplified. I wish there could be a little tension between the three girls in some places. The occasional bits of humor are not that clever. The ending could be more dramatic.What I liked about the film is its smart no-nonsense screenplay and the characters. Anne Marie is a brilliantly written character with so many aspects of quality and natural shortcomings... and Kate Bosworth captured her image quite effectively. All the girls are nicely shown in a cool, stylish yet somehow very non-sexual simple manner... and they were portrayed by very capable actresses.And of course the surf scenes are extremely well shot. The film didn't open in theatres in my country and now I regret that fact. All those huge waves, and those sunny beaches, and the surfers and the music... I wished I could be a part of that scenario. That's one of the reasons why the film left a lasting impression in my mind.