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Surf's Up

  • 2007
  • PG
  • 1h 25m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
97K
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Mario Cantone, Zooey Deschanel, Shia LaBeouf, and Jon Heder in Surf's Up (2007)
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A behind-the-scenes look at the annual Penguin World Surfing Championship, and its newest participant, up-and-comer Cody Maverick.A behind-the-scenes look at the annual Penguin World Surfing Championship, and its newest participant, up-and-comer Cody Maverick.A behind-the-scenes look at the annual Penguin World Surfing Championship, and its newest participant, up-and-comer Cody Maverick.

  • Directors
    • Ash Brannon
    • Chris Buck
  • Writers
    • Don Rhymer
    • Ash Brannon
    • Chris Buck
  • Stars
    • Shia LaBeouf
    • Zooey Deschanel
    • Jon Heder
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
    97K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    2,913
    102
    • Directors
      • Ash Brannon
      • Chris Buck
    • Writers
      • Don Rhymer
      • Ash Brannon
      • Chris Buck
    • Stars
      • Shia LaBeouf
      • Zooey Deschanel
      • Jon Heder
    • 175User reviews
    • 157Critic reviews
    • 64Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 2 wins & 18 nominations total

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    Shia LaBeouf
    Shia LaBeouf
    • Cody Maverick
    • (voice)
    Zooey Deschanel
    Zooey Deschanel
    • Lani Aliikai
    • (voice)
    Jon Heder
    Jon Heder
    • Chicken Joe
    • (voice)
    Jeff Bridges
    Jeff Bridges
    • Zeke 'Big Z' Topanga
    • (voice)
    • …
    James Woods
    James Woods
    • Reggie Belafonte
    • (voice)
    Diedrich Bader
    Diedrich Bader
    • Tank 'The Shredder' Evans
    • (voice)
    Mario Cantone
    Mario Cantone
    • Mikey Abromowitz
    • (voice)
    Kelly Slater
    Kelly Slater
    • Kelly
    • (voice)
    Rob Machado
    Rob Machado
    • Rob
    • (voice)
    Selema Masekela
    Selema Masekela
    • SPEN Announcer
    • (voice)
    • (as Sal Masekela)
    Ash Brannon
    • Filmmaker
    • (voice)
    Chris Buck
    Chris Buck
    • Filmmaker
    • (voice)
    Brian Posehn
    Brian Posehn
    • Glen Maverick
    • (voice)
    Dana Belben
    • Edna Maverick
    • (voice)
    • (as Dana L. Belben)
    Reed Buck
    • Arnold
    • (voice)
    Reese Elowe
    • Kate
    • (voice)
    Jack P. Ranjo
    • Smudge
    • (voice)
    Maddie Taylor
    Maddie Taylor
    • Ivan
    • (voice)
    • (as Matt Taylor)
    • …
    • Directors
      • Ash Brannon
      • Chris Buck
    • Writers
      • Don Rhymer
      • Ash Brannon
      • Chris Buck
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      Some performers handled real props while recording their lines: Zooey Deschanel carried a sandbag to simulate Lani's squid, and James Woods really did throw things at the filmmakers when his character did the same.
    • Goofs
      After the argument with Big Z, Cody rips his big Z necklace off and during his walk to the line up its clearly seen that he's no longer wearing it, However in the long shot of the line up, you can see that Cody has the necklace on..and then in the following closeup its gone again.
    • Quotes

      Cody Maverick: I don't understand why everybody have to be so judgmental. I understand why mom's judgmental. I think it's 'cause she cares, *partially*. Think it's also partially 'cause, everyone else is lookin' at her like, "Hey, Cody's just a bum." "Cody's this," "Cody's that," "Cody's this."

      [pause]

      Cody Maverick: Cody's me, bro. Let me be me. When is that going to start?

    • Crazy credits
      Hang on after the credits for a funny scene with Glen and Edna Maverick (Cody's brother and mother) with the film crew.
    • Connections
      Featured in Troldspejlet: Episode #36.1 (2007)
    • Soundtracks
      Holiday
      Written by Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt (as Mike Pritchard) and Tré Cool (as Frank Wright III)

      Performed by Green Day

      Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.

      By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing

    User reviews175

    Featured review
    8/10

    Dances all over Happy Feet!

    What is it with this sudden surge of penguin movies appearing? Or penguins appearing in movies? I've always found watching penguins on real life TV programmes to be very entertaining because they just seem, well there's no other word for it, cute. But just recently Hollywood has seemed to start to overuse them a tiny bit. March of the Penguins I suppose really kicked it all off. I can't see what all the fuss was about that documentary and quite why it was the success it was. But it was an interesting movie. Then came along Madagascar, while admittedly not completely about penguins the penguins that did feature were undoubtedly the best things in the entire movie. Since then penguin items, TV shows and penguins on our screens have been appearing like crazy. It reached its pinnacle in my eyes last year when Happy Feet arrived on our big screens. Now I really wanted to love Happy Feet, when I first watched it I actually did adore it. But after multiple viewings I realised something, it was actually pretty boring, and way too depressing at times for my liking. Its animations was beautiful, but it just didn't live up to its potential. When the first trailers for Surf's Up arrived I didn't know what to make of it. Dancing penguins is one things, surfing penguins is just plain ludicrous. I felt like Sony were merely cashing in on this penguin phenomenon. So what a pleasant surprise to find that Surf's Up is not only a movie that'll appeal to both kids and adults, but also the best animated movie of the year so far! The fact that its a surfing penguin movie didn't make it as good as it is, no the movie succeeds for daring to try something different. A mockumentary style movie somewhat reminiscent of Creature Comforts, trust me if you like Creature Comforts you will adore this movie. The script is well written, the voice cast absolutely brilliant, hell even the animation surprised me for being very well done. If it has one fault its that its obligatory sentimental streak felt a little bit too forced for my liking. Nevertheless this is a small fault in an otherwise enjoyable and very well made animated movie.

    The voice cast of the movie are particularly brilliant. Shia Labeouf leads the cast as surfer wannabe Cody. Labeouf was until recently one of the few actors I could not stand to see on a screen. My past experiences with him on movies were usually films that cast him as the annoying kid. For this reason I couldn't stand him. However, then he starred in Transformers and changed my mind completely. He is actually a great actor, he can deliver a joke easily, he's easily likable and he just does everything in such a great way. This shines through again with his performance here, and because of his work in this movie I would be quite happy to see him lead another animated movie some time in the future. His character is always funny, he definitely gets some of the best lines and moments in the movie. Jeff Bridges is pretty good in his role, he works best in the funny moments of the films, when it comes to the sentimental stuff I just found his voice work to be not as good. Jon Heder almost runs off with the movie as Chicken Joe, who got the biggest laugh from the audience. Zooey Deschanel was average I suppose, her character deals more with the icky stuff towards the end than the great comedy stuff. James Woods seems to be having a great time as Reggie, he also gets some great comedy moments.

    The actual comedy side of Surf's Up is perhaps the movie greatest success. The mockumentary style allows us to see a different way of making animated movies. The movie of course has to switch to a more movie-ish feel at some points, its in these moments the movie isn't at its best. Whenever they're doing the documentary style the movie is as perfect as you could hope for. Meeting Cody's family at the beginning is pretty hilarious, and meeting all the other supporting characters, especially Tank who has the best scene of the movie with his trophies, is definitely the movies highlights. If you are planning to see this I highly suggest you watch the characters in the background more so than the characters in the foreground, they made me laugh all the time to see them waving at the camera or pulling faces behind the other characters backs. Chicken Joe is definitely best comically, the best scene with him involves a hot tub and the natives, its pretty hilarious, a shame most of the joke is ruined in the trailers.

    So what are the negatives of the movie then? Well I suppose if I look at this from a kids point of view then I realise that there are a lot of jokes that might leave the kids a bit cold. The kids will still be entertained for the majority of the movie, especially during the very cool looking surfing sequences, but some of the humour is more directly aimed at adults than anyone else. Also the sentimentality factor obviously starts to kick in towards the end. While its never sickly like a lot of other animated movies are, it still feels a tad forced. I wish for once we could have a kids movie without all the obligatory kiss and make up feel at the end of it. Why can't everyone just still hate each other or something like that? Anyway the sentimentality never makes the film bad at all, its still a great movie.
    • simonparker1990
    • Aug 14, 2007
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    • Release date
      • June 8, 2007 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Columbia (France)
      • Sony Pictures (United States)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Los reyes de las olas
    • Filming locations
      • Sony Pictures Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production companies
      • Columbia Pictures
      • Sony Pictures Animation
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    • Budget
      • $100,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $58,867,694
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $17,640,249
      • Jun 10, 2007
    • Gross worldwide
      • $152,010,962
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 25 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • DTS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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