3/5 If you think this is a gay film, think again.
  by Cambel (Washington, DC USA)
This film has been advertising heavily on gay blogs and magazines like OUT etc... however, the film is bascially a surf film from Australia. One kid wants to make the professional tour, he has an older brother that is a jerk and always picking on him, mostly out of jealousy that his surfing career seems to have staled. The kid and his friends all go away on a surf weekend...they take along his brother, the brother never really comes out, but the film gives enough away to let you know he thinks one of the surfers is attractive etc...

The surfing shots are great and it was interesting to see the shots of Newcastle Australia. Australia is ofen only shown in it's best light, but the shots of the town showed it as a somewhat depressed run down factory town. The film did not have much depth, and again, if you are buying it because you think it has any gay storyline, then don't, but if you like surf movies then this is not a bad film.

2/5 Great Scenary and Surfing Film, Lacking Depth
  by C. Clay (St Paul Minnesota)
So I picked this up as it was recommended based on my interest in gay themed films. Interesting. It's definitely shy in the gay content. However, if you're looking for a film with great surfing, lovely scenary, a few hot surfer dudes ad ample butt shots, watch this film. It was cute, but I won't be hurrying to watch it a second time.

The plot goes something like this: a bunch of surfer dudes compete for a big title. 4 guys chase 2 girls, while 1 guy chases another guy. 3 older surfer dudes don't like the younger ones. They challenge them and tragedy strikes. An attempt at getting deep at this part is lost in the overall lightness of the film.

I don't know much about surfing, but I hope it's not this mean-spirited of a sport. I don't think it is. Really not much else to say.

1/5 NEWCASTLE
  by Gordon Larko (Phoenix AZ)
A dumb movie, no sex scenes at all. Almost a 'chick flick' really not worth any amount of money. boring.

5/5 Perfect!!!
  by Miguelvicente C. Gatmaytan (Seattle, WA USA)
Simple ... clean ... and mesmerizing. A simple story that deals with growing up ... of conflict ... of redemption. A must see movie.

1/5 What a pointless movie
  by John Guerrini (Pasadena, CA USA)
Having seen so many good reviews about this movie, I even pre-ordered it months in advance. How disappointing I was when my BF and I watched it the day it arrived. We got through about 30 minutes before looking at each other and turned off the DVD. First, the actors have such heavy accents that even the English they are speaking is largely unintelligble. OK, fine, if that were the only flaw, I can live with that. After all, I own many foreign language films. Of course, they have subtitles. Second, the story line was disjunct and didn't even make sense. It jumped all around. Third, when the movie was over (yes, I eventually watched the whole thing, painful minute by painful minute), I didn't feel an ounce of connectivity to any character. The movie's tag line (You're Only Young Forever Once) makes no sense in the context of the story (a la lack thereof). Waste of money.