Reggie Belafonte organizes "the Big Z Memorial Surf Off" on Pen Gu Island. He's bullied by his bigger brother Glen and dreams of leaving the bland small town life. He becomes the best surfer of Shiverpool. He tells them about the late legendary surfer Big Z who came to Antarctica when Cody was a child. A documentary camera crew is following him. Reviewed by SnoopyStyle 8 / 10 love the documentary crew, the characters and the overlapping voice workĬody Maverick is a surfing penguin. This movie keeps the plot simple but shows it in a new and amusing way. The films in the bad animation pile try and do too much with the humor and in executing grandiose concepts. The best way to describe "Surf's Up" is cute. "Ratatouille" and Pixar's brilliance aside, this would have won the Oscar in 2008 for its ingenuity. So it's very cool in terms of film-making, not just mere concept. One scene follows Lani carrying Cody through the jungle and it looks like a crew with a camera and one main source of light are following her. The animation is also strong, though much more cartoonish than the penguin movie "Happy Feet." Most interesting is the way that the animation is meant to reflect what it would look like if the movie were being shot like a live-action documentary. There's also plenty of good values that one would expect from an animated movie focused on a sport: never give up, winning isn't everything, the value of friendship in picking us up when we fall. The mocumentary style also provides a fresh set of laughs, even though the movie falls in the milder realm on the humor scale. There's enough for the adults without too much material going over kids' heads and there's plenty of physical humor that kids will enjoy. There are jokes for the whole family here, which is "Surf's Up"'s most admirable trait. He ends up being spotted by a talent scout and makes his way to Pen-gu island just in time for the penguin world surfing championship When Cody gets challenged before the tournament and fails against the world's best surfer, Tank Evans (Diedrich Bader), he meets some unlikely friends like Joe the chicken (Jon Heder), a love interest in Lani (Zooey Deschanel), and Geek (Jeff Bridges) who helps Cody learn the waves so he can live his dream and compete in the championship. Cody's prayers are eventually answered despite the fact that he has nothing but an icicle surfboard and some serious ambition. The focus of this "documentary" is Cody Maverick (voiced by Shia LaBeouf), a rock-hopper penguin from Shiverpool, Antarctica with a dream of getting away from the south pole and becoming a premiere surfer like his idol Big Z. Written and animated similar to a Christopher Guest mocumentary film ("Best in Show," "Waiting for Guffman") there's a unique humor to "Surf's Up" that spins the same old underdog storyline into something unusual and fresh that everyone in the family can enjoy. "Surf's Up" belongs in the pile with the good ones. With so many CGI animated feature films starring cute animals pouring in and out of theaters year after year, it can be tough to sort through them all and figure out which ones are actually worth taking a family to. Reviewed by Movie_Muse_Reviews 7 / 10 Mocumentary style adds a fresh spin to a very family-friendly film When Cody wipes out and encounters Geek, a recluse aging former surfer, living in the jungle, he learns some important lessons about life and surfing, and even teaches Geek a thing or two.-Anthony Pereyra ( ) The current champ, egotistical Tank Evans, isn't just about to let this little penguin knock him from first place without a fight. But the waves in Pen Gu are different than in Shiverpool, and the competition is steep. Young Cody is determined to win the most important competition in the world of penguin surfing in honor of "Big Z," a deceased surfing legend whom he has idolized since childhood. This story follows a teenage rock hopper penguin named Cody Maverick from his hometown of Shiverpool, Antarctica, where all of the other penguins think he's nothing but a surfing fool, to the "Big Z Memorial Surf Off" on Pen Gu Island.
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