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Surf's Up

"A major ocean picture."

With a documentary crew in tow, Cody Maverick—a young surfer from Antarctica—travels to the pacific for his first professional competition. Determined to earn respect and live up to his idol, Big Z, Cody pushes himself to the limit. But all that changes when an encounter with a laid-back local forces him to rethink his values.

Top Cast

  • Shia LaBeouf

    Shia LaBeouf

    Cody Maverick (voice)

  • Jeff Bridges

    Jeff Bridges

    Big Z / Geek (voice)

  • Zooey Deschanel

    Zooey Deschanel

    Lani Aliikai (voice)

  • Jon Heder

    Jon Heder

    Chicken Joe (voice)

  • James Woods

    James Woods

    Reggie Belafonte (voice)

  • Diedrich Bader

    Diedrich Bader

    Tank Evans (voice)

  • Mario Cantone

    Mario Cantone

    Mikey Abromowitz (voice)

  • Kelly Slater

    Kelly Slater

    Kelly (voice)

  • Rob Machado

    Rob Machado

    Rob (voice)

Overview

With a documentary crew in tow, Cody Maverick—a young surfer from Antarctica—travels to the pacific for his first professional competition. Determined to earn respect and live up to his idol, Big Z, Cody pushes himself to the limit. But all that changes when an encounter with a laid-back local forces him to rethink his values.

Rating

6.5 / 10
2,753 Reviews
6 Popular

2 Reviews

  • Uknown
    Uknown
    Aug 16, 2016

    A simple comedy (mockumentary) with great visuals, and good performances.

  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    7 Jul 20, 2025

    Told by way of a light-hearted documentary, we learn a little of the intrepid young “Cody”. He lives in Antarctica with his family amidst a community who think he’s a bit obsessed. Obsessed with surfing, that is, and he is determined to win the legendary “Big Z” surf-off against the much larger penguin “Tank” who obviously has just a little more ballast against those thirty footers (and he doesn’t have an improvised board made from a shard of ice, neither). Luckily, he manages to recruit the services of veteran “Geek” who, let’s face it, has seen better days - but who sees the spirit in this tiny fighter and by working together there might just be a chance, against all odds! Thing is, this isn’t really about surfing at all, it’s about this young bird coming of age, about him learning about what truly matters. We know his dad ended up being lunch for an orca, and that his adoring mum has a new partner who is less than impressed with “Cody” and his thus far unsuccessful attempts to better the waves - but that just seems to galvanise the youngster more. The association with the older “Geek” serves that curmudgeonly character well too and a sort of reciprocal rejuvenation occurs as they gear up for that ultimate in perilous big surf - all with the help of the scrawny but savvy “Chicken Joe”. The style of storytelling is really quiet entertaining as it mixes the traditional vox-pop style of interview conversation from the contributors with some enthusiastically delivered spontaneous dialogue and some fun faux-grainy images that serve as archive from his earlier trials and tribulations. Sure, the ending is quite predictable but it isn’t sentimental and there’s plenty of seaborne action and mischief along the way - and I enjoyed it.

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