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Blue Crush

PG-13

Released Aug 16, 2002

1h 44m

Drama

Romance

List

61%

145 Reviews

Tomatometer

58%

250,000+ Ratings

Audience Score

Nothing gets between Anne Marie (Kate Bosworth) and her board. Living in a beach shack with three roommates including her rebellious younger sister, she is up before dawn every morning to conquer the waves and count the days until the Rip Masters surf competition. Anne Marie finds all she needs in the adrenaline-charged surf scene ... until pro quarterback Matt Tollman (Matthew Davis) comes along. Like it or not, Anne Marie starts losing her balance - and finding it - as she falls for Matt.

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Critics Consensus

The surfing sequences are exhilarating, but the plot is pretty forgettable and trite.

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Jane L

I loved this movie, seen it more than once. Critics have condemned the scant plot but the movie says a lot with "show not tell" about poor surfer girls struggling to survive as maids in a flash (very) hotel. They are surrogate mothers to the star's kid sister and living in a very rustic abode. Girl power is awesome as are the very scary Hawaiian waves. Romance or the pipe - why pick only one though the girls will still struggle and the bloke will not.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

12/29/23

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Kaia W

I liked it! As a surfer myself it was fun to watch and I would recommend to anybody else who likes surfing

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/17/23

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Steve D

There is just not enough to it.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

09/25/23

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Yurim O

Plotline is abandoned early on, the main character is static. Wish I could give this movie 0 stars, I have unintentionally developed a very explainable fury for this movie after watching it with my boyfriend. We were on a surf movie binge, hopping from Surf's up, North Shore, Chasing Mavericks, and finally Blue Crush. (Disclaimer: North Shore was a beauty, Blue crush.. heinous) This movie symbolizes the phrase "missed opportunity". They pulled us in thinking it's going to be an inspiring surfing movie, all about dedication, bonds, and passion. Boy were we wrong. (Spoilers) From the very first frame, it is made disgustingly clear that the antagonist of this movie is the main character's inner fear and trauma from a bad fall, reef beating, and near drowning incident. You brace yourself for the whole two hours, expecting to see her overcome this awful pain and fear that are keeping her from surfing the big waves, keeping her from her passion. Nope. Instead, the entire movie follows this static character, continuing to drop her responsibilities and passions (of surfing) to pursue an NFL player, whom we realize later on is playing her. But they still kiss and make up in the end. Even though they never justified his tendency to love-bomb poor women and then ditching them, or addressed it after the first time when it was uncovered. What was even the point of that just for them to act like it never happened? Maybe the movie I watched was skipping seconds cause I feel like I missed something. Why is she getting back with this loser again, a loser she blew off her passion because of? If I wanted to watch a poor-woman-gets-with-rich -man trope to immerse myself in a daydream, I would've watched Pretty Woman, which does a hell of a better job at this storyline than this "surfing" movie. We never watch her get a single good wave until the last 10 minutes. Out of nowhere. No build up of her gradually getting over her fear that's stopping her. They just sloppily had her surf a perfect wave after she fails every single one before that (***without sign of progression). This movie was a waste of time. I don't even remember her name and I watched this movie just the other day. The main character has zero drive, passion, motivation, or care for surfing, and never changes that. Instead she lashes out at her amazing friend Eden for trying to encourage and support her. And then they never mention this lash-out again. Crazy. Where is the fucking plot. I'd follow a story about a girl getting abducted by a cult consisting of furniture-beings and declared the queen of tableware better. I think the main plot-line gets about 10 minutes of screentime (the last 10). Should've made the movie about Eden or Keana Kennelly. Instead of an unchanging, spineless, and stubbornly unpassionate girl. Like, really, we had the opportunity to make a role model here. No words. I'm warning you all. This movie is a sick joke. I lost neurons. I'd rather watch a toddler try to spell Onomatopoeia cause at least something is actually fucking happening.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

07/21/23

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Lanfranco C

Surf and love in the Hawaii

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

07/14/23

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Ash J

LOVE this movie. Highly recommend for literally anyone who loves the beach and surfing culture. Transports you to a story you feel like you want to be a part of.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

06/26/23

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John Stockwell

Director

Kate Bosworth

Anne Marie

Matthew Davis

Matt

Michelle Rodriguez

Eden

Sanoe Lake

Lena

Mika Boorem

Penny

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Blue Crush: Official Clip - First Pipeline Run

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Blue Crush: Official Clip - Anne Marie's Second Run

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Blue Crush: Official Clip - What Do You Want?

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Blue Crush: Official Clip - The Wives Talk Trash

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Blue Crush: Official Clip - Broken Board

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Blue Crush: Official Clip - Schooled by the Maid

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Blue Crush: Official Clip - Pipe Masters Begins

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Blue Crush: Official Clip - Slammed by the Pipe

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Blue Crush: Official Clip - Eden Breaks It Down

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Tough yet tender surfer heroine story.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 22, 2010

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Rated: 3/5

Dec 30, 2006

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Alexander Walker

London Evening Standard

Surfing is extreme sport, but only so-so cinema. When you've seen one wave, you've seen them all: so it soon looks. All the babes who do the surfing in John Stockwell's youth-cult romance also come off an assembly line of blonde bimbos.

Apr 5, 2003

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

The cinematography is spectacular -- viewers are placed on top of, in the middle of, and under the waves -- but the story is a narrative wipeout almost from the start.

Rated: 2/4

Nov 8, 2023

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Emma Clark-Dow

Stuff.co.nz

If you’re into surfing, gorgeous landscapes and need some low-brow mush to watch on a cosy weekend, Blue Crush fits the bill perfectly.

Sep 26, 2022

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

Story wise Blue Crush falls flat when it is on land, but the surfing scenes are spectacular.

Rated: 3/5

Jan 31, 2021

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Synopsis

Nothing gets between Anne Marie (Kate Bosworth) and her board. Living in a beach shack with three roommates including her rebellious younger sister, she is up before dawn every morning to conquer the waves and count the days until the Rip Masters surf competition. Anne Marie finds all she needs in the adrenaline-charged surf scene ... until pro quarterback Matt Tollman (Matthew Davis) comes along. Like it or not, Anne Marie starts losing her balance - and finding it - as she falls for Matt.

Director: John Stockwell
Producer: Buffy Shutt, Kathy Jones, Louis G. Friedman
Screenwriter: Lizzy Weiss, Lizzy Weiss, John Stockwell
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Imagine Entertainment
Rating: PG-13 (Language|Fight|Sexual Content|Teen Partying)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 16, 2002, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 8, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $40.1M
Runtime: 1h 44m
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, SDDS, Dolby A, Dolby EX, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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