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Blue Crush (2002)

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Critics Reviews Average Grade:   C+
Source Brief Review Grade*
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
"...a summer movie I'd gladly sit through again." more... B  
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
"The movie's surfing scenes are well-photographed..." more... B  
Chicago Tribune
Robert K. Elder
"Apart from dazzling cinematography, we've seen just about everything in Blue Crush in one form or the other..." more... C  
Cincinnati Enquirer
Margaret A. McGurk
"...the feature film...does not begin to match the fabulous scenery." more... C  
E! Online "As far as summer flicks go, it ain't so bad to fall for Blue Crush." more... B-
filmcritic.com
Sean O'Connell
"...positively flies out of the gate and entertains for a good 30 minutes before a huge wipeout." more... C  
Hollywood Reporter
Frank Scheck
"While the plot rarely rises above the level of serviceable, it's actually not as moronic as might have been expected..." more... B-
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
"...can't seem to sustain any momentum." more... C-
New York Post
Jonathan Foreman
"...surprisingly smart and satisfying." more... B  
New York Times
A. O. Scott
"...it's hard to resist being swept up in Blue Crush..." more... B  
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
"... can be viewed as a "guilty pleasure", with an emphasis on the first word of that phrase over the second one." more... B-
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
"(Kate) Bosworth is a star in the making, but even she can't outshine the surfing footage, which is flat-out spectacular." more... B  
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
"...there's nothing glorious about Blue Crush." more... D  
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker
"...a summer movie that knows it's a summer movie." more... B  
Slant Magazine
Alexa Camp
"...more Divine Secrets of the Blue Crush Sisterhood than Powerpuff Surfgirls." more... B-
USA Today
Mike Clark
"...a retro celebration of tans that movies probably shouldn't encourage." more... C  
* Yahoo! Movies converts each critic's published rating into a letter grade. If the critic's review does not include a rating, Yahoo! Movies assigns a grade based on an assessment of the review. (more...)
 
 


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