2hotFeature one of my absolute favorites!

Keeley Coleman The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

Leoni Haney Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

Roxie The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

cricketbat I liked the movie Surf's Up because of the original documentary style in which the story was presented. The superb animation and the relaxed dialogue made me feel like I was watching a "real" documentary. It's a bit slow, and there's plenty of potty humor, but it is worth a watch.

patboldt Surfs Up is a funny and engaging movie that still holds up today. In actuality I give this movie a 7.5 but I want to increase the rating of this movie because this should be praised more often. And I'm gonna explain why. Surfs Up is not only a well made parody of surf movies/documentaries but it's also a well made comedy that just so happens to have penguins. However, before I explain why this movie is so awesome I'm gonna start by talking about the things I don't like in this movie.Unfortunately, the story is not all that original nor is the moral. It's just a story about an underdog who wants to win fame and glory but ends up choosing friendship and humility in the end: think of Cars, in fact, compare this movie to Cars before you compare it to Happy Feet. The main character, Cody Maverick, wants to be like Big Z, an ultimate Penguin prodigy surfer, at the start of the movie and he wants to be just like him. Throughout the movie, when he finally meets Big Z, he is told that he should pursue his own way and not just follow in Big Z's footsteps especially when he learns that Big Z's motto "Never give up, find a way because that's what winners do" turns out to be dismissed by Z himself. But there is no payoff from this dilemma. Cody never finds his own way and by the end of the movie he just ends up being like Big Z so the moral never hits home. I mean he sort of does in that he sacrifices winning to save his friend, Chicken Joe, but he still ends up like Z and never finds his own way. Instead we get the "there's more to life than glory" theme which is important but not all that original, I mean Cars did this. If they had made it where Cody had to accept that he lost and still come back that would prove that he did find his own way and not just end up as Big Z. The thing about this movie that sort of redeems it is that Big Z ends up being inspired by Cody to show his face again and be proud even when he lost years ago. Still, I don't think it saves the moral and I'm still disappointed. However, I will give props that the theme that is present, "more to life than winning" is about sportsmanship and not environmentalism, something that would have been easy. I don't want to complain the whole time though because there is a lot of stuff that I like. The animation is really breathtaking, that water animation looks really alive especially the animation at the end, however the wind and sand animation is also well done. This is because real life surfers were consulted to help make the water animation look so realistic and that hard work shows. Speaking of which, I love that surfers like Kelly Slater and Rob Machado are in the movie, it makes it feel more authentic as a surfing movie and adds a few laughs. The jokes themselves are really funny and there is some real humor to find in this movie which all audiences can appreciate. Not all of the jokes are comedy gold but most of them are. Now for the elephant in the room. I like Shia Labeouf in this movie a lot. I think that not only is he extremely funny as Cody Maverick, but he's also really likable. He really sold me in this movie and I really liked him. I know he is only a voice-acting role but I still really enjoyed him and I see this movie as proof that he can be likable and funny. Jeff Bridges is also really funny in this movie and he's full of energy as Big Z, I really loved his humor and sarcasm. I enjoyed him just as much as I enjoyed Shia Labeouf's performance in this movie. I also enjoyed the other characters namely Chicken Joe and Tank Evans, they got lots of laughs. However, none of this compares to the number one thing that this movie does: it feels like an authentic mockumentary of surfing documentaries. You can tell that the makers of this movie did their homework and really went out of their way to parody both surfing movies and surfing documentaries like Endless Summer. The way this movie takes on the idea of a fake documentary never gets old. The camera scenes and fake interviews are hilarious and it almost feels like watching an awesome surfing documentary. Surfers can really enjoy this movie as can the casual fan of comedy/parody so I highly recommend that people watch this movie. It's fun it's entertaining, I just really like it. Peace.

sanabriaadrian I just catched this idiotic, cliché, attempt of movie on cable and it was so bad that I actually created this account so I could leave a bad comment and rating about it. It's so plain and lacking in plot that I felt like Jay Sherman when he watched Kiss of death, all I could think of was "Oh, my god! What a terrible movie!!!!!" It was so bad that I will actually commit to write five more lines so this review can go online, since IMDb asks for at least that much. Honestly, if fake documentaries are bad already, a fake documentary animated movie is even worse, the only thing that could do this even worse would be if this was a "found footage" movie... Ughhh.... And I thought Happy Feet was bad. If I ever have a child I will only take it to Pixar movies, 90% of all the other films suck, but perhaps this is the worst of all!

Rindiana Mix today's TV consumers' penchant for behind-the-scenes real-life docs with all the sport's movie clichés you can come up with, throw some cute animals, exotic locales and a hip attitude into the mix, and what we are served up with is this likable and entertaining, but awfully predictable and sloppily written CGI Sunday afternoon fodder sans lasting impression.Some nice jokes here and there, but all in all quite a pedestrian affair. At least, they spared us mediocre song-and-dance numbers.5 out of 10 surfin' roosters