3 star movie, not real deep in plot though.

Rating: 7/10 (22 January 2003)

***** Excellent movie, lives up to expecatations and then some
**** Decent movie, has few shortcomings, but could have been better
*** Not bad only if you don't have any high expectations
** Maybe a movie to watch while doing chores
* I'd rather be at work for no pay than watching this film
You can read the back of the box to know that this is a movie about girls surfing. Unfortunately, that is really all it is about. It's basically a played out story line about a girl who once could. It revolves around a cute girl that once suffered a serious head injury while crashing her surf board, who now doubts herself as one of the biggest competitions in her life is upon her, one that could put her face on the map of women's surfing. I'm sure you can see where it is going.
In a weak attempt to add depth to the plot, there is a cheesy relationship which develops between an NFL player and the main surfer girl, one that begins taking up all of her time that should be spent practicing for the competition. It takes the will of a good friend of hers to try to get her to regain her focus just in the nick of time for the surfing event. Other than some added testosterone from local guys, one being an ex boyfriend of hers, this movie really doesn't have much more as far as the plot line goes. There was potential for depth as the main surfer is taking care of her little sister due to her mother not living up to responsibilities, but for some reason, the movie basically ignores this topic throughout most of the movie.
If you're a heterosexual guy, you won't mind this movie for the women in bikinis alone, but for the rest of you out there, I'd say this is a 2 star movie. I however, being a guy who likes women, gave it 3 stars. I didn't have any expectations for it, thus I really wasn't disappointed. However, my fiance who expected more for some reason, said afterwards that she thought it was highly cheesy and not a good movie. So there you go.