

Beautiful Wave
In Santa Cruz for the summer, a young woman discovers the sport of surfing -- and a family secret as well.
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- Language
- EN
- surfing
- road trip
- coming of age
- surf
- surfers
- female surfer
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- TheatricalPG-13Source: Wikipedia8 May 2012
CanadaCA
- Theatrical14A8 May 2012
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Beautiful Wave was released on 8 May 2012.
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1- W6/10
Wuchak
6/28/2026
**_Coming-of-age surfing/road movie with Aimee Teegarden_** This comes in the tradition of the original “Gidget” from 1959, which was a serious beach-oriented drama with depth and not goofy at all, like the forthcoming 60s’ beach party flicks. It has the coming-of-age element of “California Dreaming” and the indie “Swimming” mixed with “Blue Crush,” minus the competition angle. The story tends to meander but ge…
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