Living with her surfer friends Eden (MICHELLE RODRIGUEZ) and Lena (SANOE LAKE), Anne Marie works with them as maids at a local hotel while trying to raise her younger sister, Penny (MIKA BOOREM), who's now entering a rebellious stage. She must also put up with local surfers such as Drew (CHRIS TALOA), her former boyfriend, who don't think that girls should be surfing, let alone entering surfing contests.
Determined to prove him and others wrong, Anne Marie works hard at training and mentally preparing herself for the competition, but is still haunted by a near drowning incident three years earlier during another contest. She also finds herself distracted by Matt (MATTHEW DAVIS), a professional football player who, like the comically obese Leslie (FAIZON LOVE), is in town for the Pro Bowl.
After Anne Marie is fired for confronting Leslie about his lack of hotel room cleanliness, she ends up spending more time with Matt. This doesn't sit well with Eden who believes him to be using her for a week of fun before heading home and thus ruining her chances of winning. With the days counting down to the competition, Anne Marie must then decide what's right for her, all while battling internal and external doubts about her ability to compete in the surfing competition.
Some sexual encounters are implied (we see a woman in a man's bed the next morning and she earlier finds a used condom on a hotel guest's floor) and some briefly fooling around and making out is seen. Throughout the movie, various women and one obese man are seen in various forms of revealing attire, including some skimpy bikinis and underwear, and some brief, partial nudity is occasionally seen.
Various characters have varying degrees of bad attitudes, some of the surfing scenes and related wipe-outs and precarious underwater moments - including repeated sights of a young woman bashing her head against some underwater coral -- might be unsettling or suspenseful to some viewers, and some characters drink (including what appears to be that of an underage girl).
A brief fistfight occurs, as does various forms of behavior that might be enticing for some kids to imitate. A young woman tries to raise her younger sister since their mother has abandoned them, while some gross-out moments include views of soiled toilets and what looks like vomit on a hotel room floor.
Should you still be concerned about the film's appropriateness for yourself or anyone else in your home, you may want to look more closely at our detailed listings for more specific information regarding the film's content.
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(2002) (Kate Bosworth, Matthew Davis) (PG-13)
Alcohol/
DrugsBlood/Gore
Disrespectful/
Bad AttitudeFrightening/
Tense ScenesGuns/
Weapons
Mild
Moderate
Heavy
Moderate
None
Imitative
BehaviorJump
ScenesMusic
(Scary/Tense)Music
(Inappropriate)Profanity
Moderate
None
Minor
*None
Moderate
Sex/
NuditySmoking
Tense Family
ScenesTopics To
Talk AboutViolence
Heavy
*None
Mild
Mild
Moderate
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Reviewed August 13, 2002 / Posted August 16, 2002
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