| Blue Crush Review |
| by Homer Yen (Rating: B) |
| From the movie posters in the cinema lobby, one
might think that "Blue Crush" is just a mindless
movie about beaches, babes in bikinis, and big
waves. But don't be fooled by its good looks.
Underneath, those golden tans and those
bright-white smiles,...more |
| Blue Crush Review |
| by David N. Butterworth (Rating: 3/4) |
| It sounds like something you'd get from a 7-11 with a straw in it but "Blue
Crush" is the name of an extremely satisfying, stunningly photographed B-movie
based on a magazine article with the much more descriptive title of "Surf
Girls
of Maui." Anne...more |
| Blue Crush Review |
| by Eugene Novikov (Rating: B-) |
| "Out there, you don't just get crushed... you die."
Blue Crush is based on a novel called "Surf Girls of Maui," a title changed
because of its cheesiness but also, one hopes, because it is misleading: the
movie, from up-and-coming director John...more |
| Blue Crush Review |
| by Rose 'Bams' Cooper |
| BLUE CRUSH (2002)
Rated PG-13; running time 106 minutes
Studio: Universal
Genre: Action/Adventure
Seen at: Celebration Cinema (Lansing, Michigan)
Official site: http://www.blue-crush.com/
IMDB site: http://us.imdb.com/Details?0300532
Written by:...more |
| Blue Crush Review |
| by JoBlo (Rating: 4/10) |
| PLOT:
A Hawaiian girl wants badly to be a great surfer, but has trouble attaining her
goal with little sister in tow, and the memory of her last surfing accident
resurfacing every so often. But what's this...there's a cute football player in
town and...more |
| Blue Crush Review |
| by Dennis Schwartz (Rating: B-) |
| BLUE CRUSH (director/writer: John Stockwell; screenwriters: Susan Orlean's
magazine article Surf Girls of Maui/Lizzy Weiss; cinematographer: David
Hennings; editor: Emma E. Hickox; music: Paul Haslinger; cast: Kate Bosworth
(Anne Marie Chadwick),...more |
| Blue Crush Review |
| by Susan Granger (Rating: 7/10) |
| Sometimes it's difficult to be totally objective, so I'll confess that growing
up in Southern California, I always wanted to be a surfer babe. I'd get up early
to catch the waves before school and return again in the afternoon. Which is
why I enjoyed...more |
| Blue Crush Review |
| by John Sylva (Rating: B-) |
| Anyone who's ever taken a glimpse of competitive surfing on ESPN knows how
high-risk the sport is: Determining the right wave to ride on can sometimes
be a matter of life and death for subject athletes. Similar stakes are at
hand for films that...more |
| Blue Crush Review |
| by Robin Clifford (Rating: B) |
| Ann Marie Chadwick (Kate Bosworth) and her younger sister Penny (Mika
Boorem) were abandoned by their mother, leaving the elder AM to fend for
both and try to raise her sibling. Ann Marie is also a topnotch surfer
and, living on Oahu, Hawaii, she has the...more |
| Blue Crush Review |
| by Bob Bloom (Rating: 1.5/4) |
| BLUE CRUSH (2002) 1 1/2 stars out of 4. Starring Kate Bosworth,
Michelle Rodriguez, Matthew Davis, Sanoe Lake, Mika Boorem and Fazon
Love. Based on the magazine article "Surf Girls of Maui" by Susan
Orlean. Story by Lizzy Weiss. Screenplay by Weiss and...more |
| Blue Crush Review |
| by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 3/4) |
| The incredibly beautiful, long surfing sequences in BLUE CRUSH are reason enough
to see the movie, and without them, there would be no reason at all since the
rest of the story just isn't worthy of a film by John Stockwell, the writer and
director of...more |
| Blue Crush Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten (Rating: 3/4) |
| Rating out of 4 stars: 3
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Universal Pictures/Imagine Entertainment
Director: John Stockwell
Writer: Lizzy Weiss, John Stockwell, based on magazine story
"Surf Girls of Maui" by Susan Orlean
Cast: Kate Bosworth, Michelle...more |
