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Surf's Up
Release Date: June 8, 2007
Studio: Columbia Pictures
Director: Ash Brannon, Chris Buck
Screenwriter: Lisa Addario, Joe Syracuse
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Shia LaBeouf, Zooey Deschanel, James Woods, Jane Krakowski, Jon Heder, Mario Cantone, Brian Benben, Michael McKean
Genre: Action, Animation, Family
MPAA Rating: PG (for mild language and some rude humor)
Official Website: SonyPictures.com

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A stylistically daring CGI feature, 'Surf's Up' is based on the groundbreaking revelation that surfing was actually invented by penguins. In the film, a documentary crew will take audiences behind the scenes and onto the waves during the most competitive, heartbreaking and dangerous display of surfing known to man, the Penguin World Surfing Championship.— More here

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Surfing penguins make for radical fun for young children.
Kirk Honeycutt
Hollywood Reporter
This film from Sony Pictures Animation is a 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.

Sony toon is well positioned to ride the wave of penguin popularity to success this summer.
Peter Debruge
Variety
Just when parents managed to calm their tap-dancing tots, along comes another animated penguin pic -- this time featuring South Pole fowl who surf.

Kids won't get Surf's Up, and adults--at least fans of Riding Giants--may smell a con.
Ed Gonzalez
Slant Magazine
ony animation is playfully selling itself as a "true story" about the wave-riding habits of penguins, unmistakably ripping on Stacy Peralta's popular surfing doc...

In short, the kids won't know how terrific Surf's Up is.
David Edelstein
New York Magazine
Kids will certainly appreciate the life lessons-"It's not the destination, it's the journey," "Winning isn't everything," etc. And they'll love all that surfing, which is astounding-and hilarious...

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