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Rip Girls (2000)

Rip Girls poster
Directed by
Joyce Chopra
Genre
drama film, teen film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 27m
Rated
G
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 70 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A teenage girl and her father travel to Hawaii, where they reconnect as a family. She makes new friends and uncovers secrets about her late mother.

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What happens

Rip Girls is a 2000 family drama Disney Channel Original Movie (DCOM), directed by Joyce Chopra and starring Camilla Belle as a teenage girl named Sydney. The film's plot follows Sydney, her father and his wife, stepmom Elizabeth, who come to an island on Hawaii, where they find a closer relationship to each other while struggling with ideas of changes to the island. During her time on the island, Sydney makes new friends and learns the truth about her deceased mother. The film premiered on Disney Channel on April 22, 2000. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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