This is quite a prolonged and exciting scene and could be a little distressing for younger kids.
He ends up unconscious underwater until he is saved by another character. When competing against an opponent, Cody falls off his board several times and then he is repeatedly hit by waves. In reference to an event from several years before, a newspaper headline says ‘Big Z Dead’ and old footage shows him falling from a high wave, he disappears and his surfboard smashes against the waves and rocks below.
When it shoots out the water, Chicken Joe laughs and says ‘It’s giving me brain freeze!’ Although this is very mild, parents may be unhappy with his reaction being similar to that of someone taking drugs. The place where the competition is held has a very dangerous area called ‘The Bone Yard’, a character is told that people have died there.Ĭhicken Joe is a laid back hippy stereotype and while riding on the back of a whale, he puts his head inside it’s blowhole. One of Cody’s family members say ‘He never really knew his father’, a picture is then shown of his father about to be eaten by a killer whale.Īn obnoxious character rudely tells another ‘Can we hear your story about your tedious, worthless, ridiculous life?’ CONTENT: IS ‘SURF’S UP’ SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN?
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‘Surf’s Up’ is an unusual kids’ film which takes a little while to get used to but it’s uniqueness works and, even though this medium isn’t one kids would automatically warm to, the movie’s characters, funny comedy and easy to follow plot are enough to engage making this a thoroughly enjoyable movie for all the family. It is unfortunate that more of the competition isn’t seen as it is the source of Cody’s motivations but the training scenes manage to make up for this. Brief interviews with incidental characters help to flesh out the slimline story and the supporting characters all have their idiosyncrasies to elicit plenty more laughs. The plot isn’t much different to other kids’ films, especially of this era, so the mockumentary take gives it an extra edge to stand out.
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So starts the fish out of water storyline and who can Cody turn to in order to train for the upcoming big tournament? Well, in steps the eccentric ‘Geek’ (whose disguise is as effective as Clark Kent’s) to teach Cody how to surf like a pro. In the early stages of the movie, Cody is a confident and apparently brilliant surfer but is soon shown to be an unreliable narrator when it comes to the big competition, as he seriously struggles against other competitors. Mockumentary is an unusual medium for a kids’ film but ‘Surf’s Up’, the tale of an ambitious surfing penguin, doesn’t shy away from the challenge, just like it’s protagonist, Cody Maverick. Genre: Animated, Comedy, Sport REVIEW: ‘SURF’S UP’ Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Jeff Bridges, Zooey Deschanel
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