Beautiful Wave

In Santa Cruz for the summer, a young woman discovers the sport of surfing -- and a family secret as well.

Cast

Aimee Teegarden

as Nicole

Patricia Richardson

as Sue

Ben Milliken

as Jeff

Alicia Ziegler

as Kayla

David Thomas Jenkins

as Danny

Lance Henriksen

as Jimmy

Helen Slater

as Jane

Bart Johnson

as Jerry - Jeff's Dad

Wilmer Calderon

as Captain Quintero

Reviews

Wuchak

**_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 Dream...

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