Rip Girls (2000)

As Good As It Gets

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

If I ever inherited a piece of Hawaiian beachfront real estate it wouldn't take much to convince me to stay. But when Dwier Brown gets some property from his late wife's family he wants to be rid of it. Her death in a surfing accident is still haunting him even though he's now married to Lauren Sinclair.The catch here is that the property is in his daughter's name, his daughter by his first wife. So young Camille Belle has to agree. The locals however do not want to see some developer come and build condos. They launch on a campaign to reconnect Belle with her Hawaiian roots.I always you cannot make an ugly picture in a Hawaiian locale and it's certainly true for Rip Girls. Camille Belle is pretty and charming in the lead role. Helping to convince her to stay are some of her mother's family and one hunky surfer kid Brian Stark. Another great reason never to leave Hawaii.Rip Girls is a nice family film from the Magic Kingdom.

I loved this movie! It was so cute! Camilla Belle played Sydney very well! Was this movie based on a book? Well anyway, it has such a great plot, and I love the surfing scenes. Even though it is on Disney Channel, it was done very well, a lot better than the movies they produce now. I wish I could see it again, but they never play it! But, it was one of the best Disney movies. They didn't spoil it or anything, they kept it real unlike the movies they produce now. I wish they could do a sequel. It would be so cool to see Camilla Belle again even though she is a lot older now. If you haven't seen it, you can catch it on Disney Channel usually twice during the summer.

Unlike most made for TV Disney Channel movies, Rip Girls shines through and delivers a decent plot and beautiful settings. All of the child actors do an excellent job, and are able to make the movie believable. Definitely a movie for all ages, it's somewhere below the action of Blue Crush, and above the absurdity of Lilo & Stitch. It's respectful of Hawaiian culture and tradition, and portrays surfing in a nice light. I'd recommend this movie to anyone willing to watch the Disney Channel.

I thought it was about surfing! I love the whole movie and I'm glad it's not about surfing! I recommend this to almost anyone! This is a family movie! I guess it's for 8 and up since younger kids might not understand the story line and there was lots of blood on the girls face.