An average movie

Honestly, I wasn’t expecting much from this flick but, somehow, I still ended up watching it. Basically, it is one of those movies which gives you some preconceived ideas even before you see it and I didn’t think I was actually the target audience. Eventually, I thought it was actually gritty, of course, not gritty enough to become really remarkable, but it was gritty enough to become watchable and rather entertaining. Of course, this movie was the breakthrough for Kate Bosworth who was supposed to become a major player but she never fulfilled those expectations. Back in those days, she looked much healthier and she was definitely quite charming. Her profile would keep rising until ‘Superman Returns’ which was not that bad but it was still a flop. She was definitely miscast in this blockbuster and her career has never really recovered from the blow. Anyway, coming back to our main feature, it is basically a rather standard surf drama but it was rather well made and it seemed to be rather realistic so, I must admit it, I was actually rather positively surprised. To conclude, even though it is nothing mind-blowing whatsoever, it is actually rather entertaining and I think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.