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The fallout decades later provides the drama in this documentary by Doug Pray, who lets his eccentric octogenarian subject off a little too easy. Dec 17, 2008 | Full Review…
The fallout decades later provides the drama in this documentary by Doug Pray, who lets his eccentric octogenarian subject off a little too easy.
Andrea Gronvall
A provocative documentary about a man who dropped out to follow a dream that gradually evolved into something not unlike a nightmare. Jul 18, 2008 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
A provocative documentary about a man who dropped out to follow a dream that gradually evolved into something not unlike a nightmare.
Joe Leydon
Not just the story of one man's obsessive quest to find harmony on a plank of wood, Surfwise offers a cautionary tale about parenting, homeschooling (camper-schooling, actually), sibling rivalries and family sacrifice. Jun 26, 2008 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
Not just the story of one man's obsessive quest to find harmony on a plank of wood, Surfwise offers a cautionary tale about parenting, homeschooling (camper-schooling, actually), sibling rivalries and family sacrifice.
Steven Rea
The film's director, Doug Pray, has been able to track down each and every Paskowitz child, and he weaves their memories together with old home movies, still photos and news clippings to create an evocative portrait of their lives. Jun 20, 2008 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
The film's director, Doug Pray, has been able to track down each and every Paskowitz child, and he weaves their memories together with old home movies, still photos and news clippings to create an evocative portrait of their lives.
Roger Ebert
Some documentarians think like essayists, propagandists, abstract painters, or magazine reporters. Doug Pray approaches his documentaries as though he's writing books. Jun 19, 2008 | Rating: A-
Some documentarians think like essayists, propagandists, abstract painters, or magazine reporters. Doug Pray approaches his documentaries as though he's writing books.
Noel Murray
The unorthodox upbringing of the Paskowitz clan is the subject of Surfwise, the story of a family who lived on the road, camped at the beachfront and fashioned its own vanguard version of 1960s-'70s alternative lifestyles. Jun 19, 2008 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
The unorthodox upbringing of the Paskowitz clan is the subject of Surfwise, the story of a family who lived on the road, camped at the beachfront and fashioned its own vanguard version of 1960s-'70s alternative lifestyles.
Sid Smith
You can't stop watching, but every fiber of your being is still shouting, "Put the goddamn camera down!" Oct 17, 2018 | Full Review…
You can't stop watching, but every fiber of your being is still shouting, "Put the goddamn camera down!"
Mike D'Angelo
New Bohemian lifestyle: good, bad, or neutral? Apr 21, 2009 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
New Bohemian lifestyle: good, bad, or neutral?
Marty Mapes
This documentary about a famous family of nomadic surfers is fascinating not only because of the certifiable oddball patriarch, but also because of his endlessly creative offspring. Feb 11, 2009 | Rating: B | Full Review…
This documentary about a famous family of nomadic surfers is fascinating not only because of the certifiable oddball patriarch, but also because of his endlessly creative offspring.
Robert Roten
Intriguing family story of the sunny and dark sides of extreme home-schooling by surfing, through a trove of photos, home movies, and reminiscences, but little insight. Dec 7, 2008 | Rating: 6/10 | Full Review…
Intriguing family story of the sunny and dark sides of extreme home-schooling by surfing, through a trove of photos, home movies, and reminiscences, but little insight.
Nora Lee Mandel
Surfwise will make you hug your parents a little harder the next time you see them. Dec 4, 2008 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Surfwise will make you hug your parents a little harder the next time you see them.
Christian Toto
Provocative but even-handed subculture lifestyle film. Nov 30, 2008 | Rating: B | Full Review…
Provocative but even-handed subculture lifestyle film.
Dennis Schwartz
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