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A simple comedy (mockumentary) with great visuals, and good performances.
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Surf's Up
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
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Popularity
11.5
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
Additional Voices (voice)
Johanna Braddy
Additional Voices (voice)
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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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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