Surf's Up

Name: Surf's Up
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family
Released: 2007-06-08
Duration: 85 min
Rating: 6.514

★ 6,5 /10 (2,797 Votes)

2007 EN 85 min

Overview

With a documentary crew in tow, Cody Maverick—a young surfer from Antarctica—travels to the pacific for his first professional competition. Determined to earn respect and live up to his idol, Big Z, Cody pushes himself to the limit. But all that changes when an encounter with a laid-back local forces him to rethink his values.

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Release date

08/06/2007

Votes

2,797

Popularity

11.4

A major ocean picture.

Genres

Animation Comedy Family

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

85 min

Budget

$85,000,000

Revenue

$149,000,000

Website

www.sonypictures.com

Shia LaBeouf

Cody Maverick (voice)

Jeff Bridges

Big Z / Geek (voice)

Zooey Deschanel

Lani Aliikai (voice)

Jon Heder

Chicken Joe (voice)

James Woods

Reggie Belafonte (voice)

Diedrich Bader

Tank Evans (voice)

Mario Cantone

Mikey Abromowitz (voice)

Kelly Slater

Kelly (voice)

Rob Machado

Rob (voice)

Selema Masekela

SPEN Announcer (voice)

Ash Brannon

Filmmaker (voice)

Chris Buck

Filmmaker (voice)

Brian Posehn

Glen Maverick (voice)

Dana Belben

Edna Maverick (voice)

Reed Buck

Arnold (voice)

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Reese Elowe

Kate (voice)

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Jack P. Ranjo

Smudge (voice)

Maddie Taylor

Ivan / Glen's Buddy, and others (voice)

Bob Bergen

Additional Voices (voice)

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Jillian Bowen

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Johanna Braddy

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John Cygan

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Courtnee Draper

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Bill Farmer

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Andy Fischer-Price

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Teresa Ganzel

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Jess Harnell

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Jesse Head

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Sherry Lynn

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Danny Mann

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Mickie McGowan

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Alec Medlock

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Laraine Newman

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Jan Rabson

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Meagan Moore

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Marisa Theodore

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Crawford Wilson

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Jacob Zachar

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A simple comedy (mockumentary) with great visuals, and good performances.

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Told by way of a light-hearted documentary, we learn a little of the intrepid young “Cody”. He lives in Antarctica with his family amidst a community who think he’s a bit obsessed. Obsessed with surfing, that is, and he is determined to win the legendary “Big Z” surf-off against the much larger penguin “Tank” who obviously has just a little more ballast against those thirty footers (and he doesn’t have an improvised board made from a shard of ice, neither). Luckily, he manages to recruit the services of veteran “Geek” who, let’s face it, has seen better days - but who sees the spirit in this t…

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Doesn't quite live up to it's potential. I agree with the 60 ish % rating. This is a really cool an fun idea. But the final product underwhelms a little bit. I'm saying this with love. This could have been great! This could have been a classic! A few more instances of genuane emotional moments. That would be needed. It's hard to care enough and invest enough in the characters as it is now. And finally. WHERE ARE THE CAMERAS? In the whole movie we are suppose to understand we are seeing footage from the documentary crew filming the penguins. And we even see aerial footage and action camer…

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