Blue Crush 1

The film follows three friends, working at the hotel resort and surfing in Oahu, Hawaii.

Anne Marie, her fourteen-year-old sister Penny, and good friends Eden and Lena, live in a small house on the North Shore. They all have been helping to raise Penny since her mother moved to Las Vegas with her boyfriend. While Penny is at school, Anne Marie, Eden and Lena work as maids in a luxury resort hotel, and surf in their spare time. As a child, Anne Marie had been a rising star in women’s surfing until a near-fatal wipeout left her with a paralyzing fear of powerful waves. Although she rises every morning before dawn to train for her surfing comeback, this fear continues to hamper her progress. Her friends, especially Eden, encourage her to overcome her trauma, conquer her fear of big waves and become a professional surfer.
Anne Marie is invited to join the surfing competition at a famed North Shore surf spot, the challenging Banzai Pipeline. If she can do well enough to gain the attention of a sponsor, it can lift her and her friends out of the near-poverty in which they live. As the Pipeline competition gets closer, Anne Marie struggles to keep Penny from running wild and deal with family issues.
Anne Marie meets Matt Tollman, a National Football League quarterback who is in Hawaii for the Pro Bowl. He is instantly attracted to the surfer, especially after she boldly confronts another NFL Pro Bowler who had trashed his hotel room, leaving a mess for Anne Marie and her friends to clean. After a few encounters, Matt says that he wants to learn to surf, and Anne Marie agrees to teach him and several of his teammates to surf for $150 per hour, with Lena, Eden and Penny acting as coaches. Anne Marie sees Matt again while getting the money from the hotel room, but a call comes for Matt from another woman. Anne Marie asks if it is Matt’s wife, but he explains that it is his niece. Later, they sleep together.
Anne Marie’s acceptance of an outsider as her boyfriend causes friction between her and some young male surfers on the North Shore. Eden points out to Anne Marie that her current interest in Matt has weakened her commitment to training for the Pipeline contest. Anne Marie also overhears demeaning comments about herself from some of the other football players’ wives and girlfriends staying at the hotel.
Anne Marie confronts Matt about the situation and resolves to step up her game, fully committing herself to the Pipeline Masters. On the day of Pipeline, Anne Marie wipes out during her first heat, but she advances after narrowly beating pro surfer Kate Skarratt. She is shaken, but Matt tells her how he failed in his first game as an NFL quarterback, which helps her control her wavering confidence.
Determined, although still apprehensive, Anne Marie returns to the water. Competing in the same heat is Keala Kennelly, one of the first professional female surfers. While Keala surfs the first few sets of waves well, Anne Marie is still reluctant to try one, visions of her near-drowning incident holding her back. Keala finishes her turn, and paddles back out to take Anne Marie under her wing. Keala encourages her to ride the best wave of the day, and Anne Marie does it perfectly, scoring a perfect ten. Although Anne Marie cannot advance to the next heat, she regains her lost confidence and attracted the attention of sponsors, one of whom immediately offers to have her join the Billabong women’s surf team.

2002

M

5050582000979

Movie

Blue Crush

1

58

5.7

2018-02-07 18:04:36

1.85:1

100

Australia

2002-08-08

1080i

1.85:1

N/A

1

4

Snap Case

~$4.99

2025-09-13

2018-02-07 18:04:36