Soul Surfer

This will be a very short review. The story behind Soul Surfer of Bethany Hamilton, the surfer who got attacked by a shark, lost an arm, and went back to surfing (and won a National Championship) is truly inspiring and amazing and worthy of all praise. The movie about that experience unfortunately plays like a tv movie of the week.

It has good actors, a gorgeous setting in Hawaii and does a good job of showing her positivity and allowing us to feel what she struggled with after the attack. The dialogue is pretty flat and the movie has a rushed feel to it. The visuals are beautiful, it's very interesting to watch a surf competition if you've never seen one (I haven't) and I do admire Bethany.

I believe young girls will love this as it does give a good message of hope and staying positive, and being a good sport even when others are mean spirited.

This one gets a '2'. I saw it in Walsenberg, CO at the Youth Theater (lost a bet), which is a small, very old, apparently family run theater. Good experience overall.