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10/18/08
Blue Crush (2002)
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Reviews Counted:135
Fresh:84
Rotten:51
Average Rating:5.8/10
Consensus: The surfing sequences are exhilarating, but the plot is pretty forgettable and trite.
Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins
Genre: Dramas
US Box Office: $40,118,420
Synopsis: Set among the white beaches and thunderous waves of Hawaii's North Shore, BLUE CRUSH is an adrenaline-drenched surf picture that boasts a star-making performance from Kate Bosworth. Bosworth is... [More]
Starring: Kate Bosworth, Sanoe Lake, Michelle Rodriguez, Matthew Davis
Director: John Stockwell
Reviews for Blue Crush
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09/22/02
Top CriticSporting a cast of up-and-coming actresses, John Stockwell's surfing flick offers up a slice of entertainment that acknowledges its roots and whose throw away pleasures arrive with no guilt.
07/02/08
When the movie attempts to tell a story on land, you might want to bring along a flashlight and a magazine.
07/23/07
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12/30/06
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02/09/06
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12/06/05
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12/06/05
Top CriticProves to indeed be the formulaic bore it appears to be, however nicely dressed up (or undressed, depending on one's perspective) it is.
01/07/05
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02/01/04
Top CriticStockwell has made half of a good movie. Now he needs to figure out how to craft a film with words worthy of the beauty of its images.
01/06/04
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09/11/03
Apesar de um ou outro diálogo se render ao clichê do “vença-seus-medos!”, o filme é bem realizado, conta com protagonistas carismáticas e transforma o surfe em um esporte com incrível apelo cinematográfico.
07/16/03
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05/20/03
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05/20/03
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04/20/03
Top CriticSurfing is not a particularly complex thing to figure out from the outside, but here the photography and editing do well to demonstrate the beauty of how it all looks while moving with a momentum that wraps us up in the physical drama.
04/13/03
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04/08/03
Top CriticThe target audience should go home wanting a surfboard for Christmas.
04/08/03
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04/05/03
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