'Shag' is a drag. It's difficult to understand what made director Zelda Barron, who specialises in stories of close-knit girl friendships, actually want to re-create a 1963 'beach' film, unless she discerned qualities in the script that don't make themselves apparent on screen. The story follows familiar lines - four teenage girls escape parental control to set up a fun weekend on the beach - and the girls show about as much talent as the one-dimensional screenplay will allow, although Annabeth Gish does invest her role (the pudgy wallflower) with a special glow that the others don't have. 'Shag' by the way, is a form of dance supposedly all the rage at the time.


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