(2011) Beautiful Wave
DRAMA/ ADVENTURE
What can I say, I'm a sucker for 'road trip surfing' movies which this set up can be similar to "Blue Crush 2", another movie not liked by the masses, but I still kind of liked it because of it's 'uniqueness' despite secondary acting. Directed by David Mueller who also provided the story along with Lynn Salt, stars Aimee Teegarden as Nicole asked to move in with her mother's estranged grandmother who happens to own a store, selling surfing boards. Although Nicole is a great swimmer, she still has a fear of the ocean water, which is why she reads a lot during her spare time, but she somehow inherits this old van anyway, for it may be a sign that she yearns for adventure. Now, I just want to say that the first 30 minutes of this is a little blatant, perhaps somewhat convoluted and that the chemistry don't seem 'relatable' until they (2 guys and 2 girls to be exact) go on a road trip to search for a particular beach where Nicole's grandfather used to surf, which is supposed to be on some undisclosed location somewhere in Mexico. She decides to go there, after discovering a drawn out map, secretly located in the van. And until they go on that road trip, the relatable chemistry I'm referring about are the harmless verbal squabbles, which 'we' as people often do not see in many 'road trip' movies, because we had all done it, such as which direction to drive or whose paying for what, and on what conditions. Pointing out that if someone is tagging along with someone else, that rules would have been made which is no different with any house you live in. It's all very relative and expected, that without those familiar squabbles, would make those other road trip movies very boring. And finally, I hate drama movies where it always have to end in a big hug. Here is a movie which would not stoop to that kind of level, since a persons actions should be judged for what they do in the future and in most cases, a hug doesn't solve anything. My rating might've been higher had the 30 minute set up be much tighter.
