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Surfer, Dude (2008)

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Average Rating: 2.8/10
Reviews Counted: 18
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Average Rating: 2.7/10
Critic Reviews: 7
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Hands on a Hard Body director S.R. Bindler directs this wave-twisting tale of a soul-searching surfer (Matthew McConaughey) in the midst of an existential crisis. Steve Addington (McConaughey) is an herb-toking long-boarder with a keen sense of balance and a mellow outlook on life. Upon returning to his hometown of Malibu to spend the summer with old friends, Steve begins to sense that the good vibes he remembers as a boy have been hopelessly corrupted by the powers that be. When the earthen

R, 1 hr. 25 min.

Comedy

Directed By: S.R. Bindler

Written By: George Mays, Mark Gustawes, S.R. Bindler, Cory Van Dyke

In Theaters: Sep 5, 2008 Wide

On DVD: Dec 30, 2008

Anchor Bay Entertainment

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Critic Reviews for Surfer, Dude

All Critics (18) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (0) | Rotten (18) | DVD (4)

The film looks more like a collection of home movies as opposed to a professional piece of cinema.

November 5, 2008 Full Review Source: At the Movies

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Ben Lyons

At the Movies

Top Critic

It felt like we were watching a rough cut.

November 5, 2008 Full Review Source: At the Movies

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Ben Mankiewicz

At the Movies

Top Critic

[A] hapless, laughless movie.

September 15, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety

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Dennis Harvey

Variety

Top Critic

You can stick around for the only funny line, which involves a breakfast burrito, but the smart surfer would head for the hills and Willie's goat ranch.

September 12, 2008 Full Review Source: Washington Post

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Neely Tucker

Washington Post

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Surfer, Dude is a bizarre throwback. It feels 25-30 years out of date and seems to be meant to be watched on VHS, oops, make that DVD, while stoned.

September 12, 2008 Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle

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Louis B. Parks

Houston Chronicle

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Willie and ganja, yes, yes, the cliches abound.

September 12, 2008 Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News

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Mario Tarradell

Dallas Morning News

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The problem that Surfer, Dude faces is that in its attempt to be a stoner comedy, it forgot to add the comedy elements.

March 5, 2009 Full Review Source: 7M Pictures

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Kevin Carr

7M Pictures

A celebration of unrealistic lifestyles, which makes it exactly the wrong film for our times. [Blu-ray]

December 28, 2008 Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews

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Peter Canavese

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The number of artistically successful surfing movies can be counted on one hand, and the majority of those are documentaries.

September 17, 2008 Full Review Source: FilmJerk.com

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Edward Havens

FilmJerk.com

I wish the finished product was as amusing as the behind-the-scenes pot-fueled merriment I imagine took place during production.

September 15, 2008 Full Review Source: BrianOrndorf.com

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Brian Orndorf

BrianOrndorf.com

The movie is about a surfer dude (sans comma), who is an analog dude trying to fit into a digital world, which is like trying to get a square peg into a Calabi-Yau Manifold, which is to say it probably won't work, and neither does this movie.

September 15, 2008 Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine

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Tim Cogshell

Boxoffice Magazine

Yes, this is a movie made by stoners for stoners.

September 12, 2008 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Daily News

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Glenn Whipp

Los Angeles Daily News

There's something about the mystical-spiritual aura surrounding surfing that tends to turn most movies on the subject to hippie-dippie mush.

September 11, 2008 Full Review Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram

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Scott Von Doviak

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

A shapeless slog with virtually no tale to chase.

September 11, 2008 Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly

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L.A. Weekly

A total wipeout.

September 10, 2008 Full Review Source: One Guy's Opinion

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Frank Swietek

One Guy's Opinion

I couldn't think of a less appealing advert for the way of the surf.

September 5, 2008 Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle

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Kimberley Jones

Austin Chronicle

...limp and rambling picture, which crawls across the screen for about 30 minutes longer than it has any need to.

September 5, 2008 Full Review Source: MTV

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Kurt Loder

MTV

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Dumb but harmless. Go into it with no expectations but that it will be a throwback to late 70's-early 80's mindless flicks like The Malibu Bikini Shop and it's ilk and you're in the right frame of mind for this.

November 13, 2009

jay nixon

Super Reviewer

It's a pretty alright summer movie. One of those 'do what you love and the rest will fall in to place' films. I can dig it and I can't get enough of the surfer vibe ever since i saw POINT BREAK LIVE.

July 8, 2010

Alexis Nomm

Super Reviewer

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1. Steve Addington: These guys arn't exactly committed to long care...
– Submitted by Christy K (6 months ago)
1. Steve Addington: I'm not some ass clown in a green room.
– Submitted by Christy K (6 months ago)

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