Stars: Catherine Zeta Jones, Sean Pertwee, Steven Mackintosh, Ewan McGregor, Peter Gunn, Heathcote Williams

Director: Carl Prechezer

Summary: Surfboarder JC was king of the waves when he was twenty... but now thirty looms and his girlfriend is looking for commitment. He must face his biggest decision yet - waves or women...

JC (Pertwee) is the hero of the Cornish surfing community, and at times, it's only member. Staring thirty hard in the face, he fears that the wave that has carried him through a prolonged adolescence is heading for the rocks as his girlfriend pressures him for commitment and his friends contemplate growing up. Featuring McGregor and Zeta Jones in prominent roles shortly before they reached worldwide fame in TRAINSPOTTING and MASK OF ZORRO, respectively. An admirable contribution to that rarest of genres, the British surf drama.

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Wax up your boards and hang 10 (or whatever) where the big waves come crashing in: off the English coast at Cornwall. Huh? No endless summer? No two girls for every boy? No, but in Blue Juiceone can see what most of us probably never even thought about: the British Isles are indeed islands and, not incongruously, there's a considerable surfing culture with a handful of home-grown legends. One of the latter is JC (Sean Pertwee), a skilled surfer so driven by the challenge and so dedicated to his mates that it threatens his meandering romance with the long-suffering Chloe (Catherine Zeta-Jones). The two have planned an extensive, around-the-world trip as a kind of prelude to discussing marriage, but the arrangement is threatened when three of JC's old childhood chums arrive from London. One of them (played by Steven Mackintosh) is a famous record producer who has sold his soul (in every sense) to reap profits from fashionable electronica. Another (Ewan McGregor) is a chronic screw-up resorting to hustling junk to unsuspecting customers. The last (Peter Gunn) is an anxious sort, terrified of marrying his long-time girlfriend. Together, these four guys look like a pack of nowhere men and they know it: while the story largely focuses on JC and Chloe, there's plenty of material for the supporting characters to indulge in mucho self-loathing. The film never quite jumps off the screen and the script may be hampered by too many layers of character eccentricity, but this is still an enjoyable piece with some fine comic performances. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

Aspect Ratio:	16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Theatrical Trailer, Cast And Crew Interviews, Interactive Menus, Scene Index
Subtitles:	None
Year:	1995
Release Date:	June 7, 2004
Runtime:	95 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	C C D 8690
Label:	Film Four Distributors
Keywords:	Blue, Comedy, General, Wide, Screen, Juice
Genre:	Comedy