Down the tubes?

Soul Surfer (2011)

Based on a true story this film from director Sean McNamara stars AnnaSophia Robb, Dennis Quaid and Helen Hunt. A young surfer loses her arm to a shark attack and struggles to deal with the after affects.

It is pretty clear from the get go that this is a pro faith, issues film and while it clearly has an agenda it manages to keep from shoving it down the viewers throat. While the film is pretty well made if decidedly predictable it only ever touches on the major issues in passing. There was some real potential for a hard hitting story here but unfortunately this is decidedly the lite version of the story.

3/5