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Soul Surfer

2011

Sean McNamara

AnnaSophia Robb, Dennis Quaid, Helen Hunt, Carrie Underwood ...

5.7

4,748

Drama. Action A young, teenage surfer girl named Bethany Hamilton summons the courage to go back into the ocean after losing an arm in a shark attack.

	Author	Review
United States	Claudia Puig USA Today	"Bethany's determination and faith are remarkable. It's too bad this movie made a brave young woman's life appear like an unremarkable soap opera (...) Rating: ★★ (out of four)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Trevor Johnston Time Out	"A succession of would-be rousing clichés. (...) Rating: ★★ (out of five)"	NEG
United States	Connie Ogle Miami Herald	"It's a good, solid family film"	POS
United States	Kirk Honeycutt The Hollywood Reporter	"An inspiring true-life story gets a less-than-inspired film dramatization"	NEU
United States	Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"An authentic and heartfelt movie."	POS
Canada	Rick Groen The Globe and Mail	"'Soul Surfer' is a true story that plays like bad fiction"	NEU
United States	Andy Webster The New York Times	"As a portrait of a spirited, resilient athlete, the movie succeeds best, unafraid to face its heroine's daunting challenges directly."	POS
United States	Peter Hartlaub SFGATE	"The script is weak, but everyone on the technical side of 'Soul Surfer' is a pro."	NEU
United States	Lou Lumenick New York Post	"You'd think it would be hard to make an uninteresting movie based on the true story of Bethany Hamilton... But the terminally bland 'Soul Surfer' comes perilously close"	NEG

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