Soul Surfer Reviews

Movie Reviews

• the movie doesn’t present this as either the most ideal or the strangest life for an adolescent

  by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe ]

• the film's bubbly narration, relentless pop soundtrack, wearying MTV editing, and desperately intense positivity wash away most of her story's drama, as well as any sense of reality

  Review rate : C+ by Tasha Robinson [AV Club ]

• Soul Surfer, while formulaic in design, is an authentic and heartfelt movie

  Review rate : B by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly ]

• likely won't break waves at the B.O., but it'll stay on the board

  by Rob Nelson [Variety ]

• like an unremarkable soap opera

  by Claudia Puig [USA Today ]

• is most inspiring when it exalts faith in one's self

  by Andy Webster [The New York Times ]

• is as thrilling as a dish of rice pudding, a made-for-TV-style effort that rides a wave of religious sentiment into theatres

  by Linda Barnard [Toronto Star ]

• is a true story that plays like bad fiction

  by Rick Groen [Globe and Mail ]

• flirts with saccharine Sunday-school uplift

  by Colin Covert [Minneapolis Star Tribune ]

• carry a very distinct religious message nonetheless

  by John Anderson [Wall Street Journal ]

• an inspiring true-life story gets a less-than-inspired film dramatization0

  by Kirk Honeycutt [Hollywood Reporter ]

Reader's Reviews

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