This is the Christy pick for August. I totally forgot to put it in my queue for a couple of months. Cody Maverick (Shia LaBeouf) is an Antarctic penguin who dreams of being a surfing legend like his hero, Big Z. He has talent but no training and no support. Before the Big Z Memorial competition even begins, Cody gets trounced by the reigning champion, Tank (Diedrich Bader), and suffers a concussion and poisoning sting. Lifeguard Lani (Zooey Deschanel) takes him to her Uncle Zeke (Jeff Bridges) for some healing. Zeke teaches Cody the fundamentals of surfing and also how to have fun.
This is too predictable to be a great film but it's cute enough in its own way. It's set up as a mockumentary, which is slightly more novel, and the animation is pretty to look at, especially the water. I found myself nonplussed with the voice talent, which really could have made this film special. It did get actual surfers Kelly Slater and Rob Machado, so there's that.
Eh. That's pretty much all I can say about the movie. Eh. It's wasn't horrible, wasn't awesome. It just kind of exists. Suitable enough for one viewing but you'd probably want to avoid repeats. There's only so much of James Woods as an angry Don King-esque otter that one person can stand.
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