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If you have to see another penguin blockbuster, you could do worse than this loose-limbed charmer...
Full reviewThe little known fact that penguin's have an age-old affection for surfing is explored in this family comedy from Sony Animation (Open Season). Shot in a mock-documentary style, story follows young Cody (voice of Shia LaBeouf) who, inspired by legendary wave rider Big Z (Jeff Bridges), aims for pro competition glory. Jon 'Napoleon Dynamite' Heder plays his pal (a chicken).
If you have to see another penguin blockbuster, you could do worse than this loose-limbed charmer...
Full reviewHas a friendly, blue-collar vibe (Cody is an ex-fish-sorter from the Shiverpool, Antarctica) and some sly, low-key humor. Nevertheless, a moratorium on penguins might be called for, despite the inevitable anthropomorphic void...
Full reviewA cheerful and frequently amusing bit of nonsense, which certainly will provoke children into giggles. The film does not measure up to "March of the Penguins" or "Happy Feet," both Oscar-winning efforts. Nor is it trying to...
Full reviewThis entertaining new film from Sony Pictures Animation is a nice surprise, and the rare mainstream American kid film that makes an effort to try something new, shooting in a faux documentary style that will appeal to more mature crowds...
Full reviewChalk this up as a charming computer cartoon, lifted by Bridges’ Lebowski-like performance and a truly funny mockumentary framework...
Full reviewf the picture fails to provide a plot as diverting as its fly-on-the-wall comedy, Cody's gradual realisation that winning isn't everything being strikingly similar to Lightning McQueen's in Cars, it still offers 85 minutes of spirited, satirical amusement...
Full reviewSurf's Up is available to stream in New Zealand now on Google Play and Apple TV.
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