Surf movie

Chasing Mavericks (2012)

Directed by Curtis Hanson and Michael Apted this film based on a real story stars Gerard Butler, Jonny Weston, Elisabeth Shue and Abigail Spencer. A 15 year old boy trains to surf big waves with his mentor from down the road.

While this film is based on a real story the way it is presented here hits just too many of the classic Hollywood script plans to be taken at face value. The film is not too bad a watch but far too often you can see the paint by numbers beneath the surface which can be annoying. Most of the surfing scenes are well done but this film does little to push the envelope and is far too cynically constructed.

2/5