More bad TV

Rating: 3/10 (11 November 2006)

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 naÃ¯ve 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.