Parents' Guide to Send It!

This is a dumb mix of cliched and stereotyped character types and gratuitous sex and violence. Send It! is a movie that's an attempt at a romcom centered on the world of kiteboarding. While the scenes of actual kiteboarding are enjoyable on their own merits, the rest of the movie is marred by so many characters seen in so many other movies -- the snobby French guy, the older woman who is always trying to seduce and "deflower" the younger competitors of the sport, the spoiled rich girl dating the lead character who wants him to give up his dream and be more practical, the stoners who act like Jeff Spicoli's grandchildren, and so on. And when that gets to be too boring, there's always a 2 Chainz concert to try and spice things up.

While the argument might be made that this movie would be best for fans of kiteboarding, even that's questionable. The closest they ever get to distinguishing the sport's culture from any other sporting culture is the use of the slang term "yard sale" to describe an epic wipeout. Perhaps Patrick Fabian wanted a break from the quality writing of Better Call Saul, because otherwise, it's utterly perplexing as to why he has a role in this movie. Overall, it seems like a squandered opportunity to take a sport that hasn't been the subject of dozens of movies and make it into something original and relevant to both fans and casual viewers. Instead, it's trite and disappointing.