Edge of your seat boredom

Rating: 2/10 (25 August 2002)

I like almost every movie I see, and I'm normally not that picky at all, but this movie takes the cake. The previews lead one to believe that it's full of action - i.e. surfing, fighting, perhaps a little sex thrown in - but what is actually in the movie? There is surfing, and a boring fight scene (I admit that that might just be realism instead of the typical Hollywood depiction of fighting), and yes, lots of bikinis, but there is also an incredibly slow development of a love story between Anne Marie and the quarterback. Who really cares? I mean, it's not even interesting, and it doesn't resolve any of the problems brought up anyways. When it comes down to it, this movie was an hour too long. When it tried to do what the previews promised, it did it well. The surf scenes have some excellent camera work, and there are plenty of bikinis for all of the men out there. The problems occurred when the movie strayed away from this great formula and into the realm of smarmy romance, and unbelievable relationships between a maid and a football star.