Rotten
Floating atop the explosive breakers, like an overabundance of phytoplankton, is a roiling colony of cliches that stops at nothing to dominate the screenplay.
Casey Burchby, Village Voice
Chasing Mavericks
Legends start somewhere.
2012 · 1h 56m · PG
Drama
Directed by
Curtis Hanson
,
Michael Apted
Overview
Surfer Jay Moriarity sets out to ride the Northern California break known as Mavericks.
Director and cast
- Curtis Hanson Director
- Michael Apted Director
- Leven Rambin as Kim
- Gerard Butler as Frosty Hesson
- Elisabeth Shue as Christy Moriarity
- Abigail Spencer as Brenda Hesson
- Scott Eastwood as Gordy
- Taylor Handley as Sonny
- Channon Roe as Bob Pearson
- Jenica Bergere as Zeuf
- Jonny Weston as Jay Moriarity
- Cooper Timberline as Little Jay Moriarty
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
31%
Tomatometer
Rotten
It's a perfect fortune cookie of a movie, full of bland life lessons for everybody; would that there were some drama or style in it somewhere along the way.
Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine/Vulture
Rotten
For Hanson and Apted, this is a rather inconsequential effort.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Rotten
The heart-pounding surfing scenes are epic but the script can barely keep its head above the waves in the dramatized biopic Chasing Mavericks.
Linda Barnard, Toronto Star
Rotten
When every frayed plot device you've predicted makes its inevitable appearance, at least you'll have the majestic waves off the California coastline to comfort you.
Michael Posner, Globe and Mail
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