Fresh
This is vicarious cinema at its best.
Bill Stamets, Chicago Reader
Overview
Riding Giants is story about big wave surfers who have become heroes and legends in their sport. Directed by the skateboard guru Stacy Peralta.
Director and cast
- Stacy Peralta Director
- Jeff Clark as Jeff Clark
- Darrick Doerner as Darrick Doerner
- Laird Hamilton as Laird John Hamilton
- Dave Kalama as Dave Kalama
- David H. Kalama Jr. as Dave Kalama
- Brian Keaulana as Brian L. Keaulana
- Buzzy Kerbox as Buzzy Kerbox
- Titus Kinimaka as Titus Kinimaka
- Gerry Lopez as Gerry Lopez
- Mickey Munoz as Mickey Munoz
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
93%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Instead of weighing the film down with spaced-out surfer-dude quotes, director Stacy Peralta traces the sport's origins back to the ancient Hawaiians.
Bill Muller, Arizona Republic
Fresh
Before seeing Riding Giants, my ideas about surfing were formed by the Gidget movies, Endless Summer, the Beach Boys, Elvis and lots of TV commercials. ... Riding Giants is about altogether another reality.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
Peralta has a knack for taking a niche sport and drawing out its universal appeal.
Allison Benedikt, Chicago Tribune
Fresh
There's no denying that much of this is spectacular.
Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press
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