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By Joshua Rothkopf (1,058) for Time Out (7,510) on 26 Oct 2012

The film wants to be inspiring, when it might have been cosmic-a far greater ambition. Tossing boats and dreamers, the huge waves perform beautifully…

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By Drew Taylor (218) for The Playlist (3,871) on 26 Oct 2012

It's hard to tell who is to blame for the movie's abrasive anonymousness – Curtis or Apted – but it hardly matters…

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By David Nusair (3,363) for Reel Film Reviews (3,339) on 26 Oct 2012

an almost epically unwatchable drama that stands as an obvious low point in the careers of both Apted and Hanson…

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By Joe Williams (923) for St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1,715) on 25 Oct 2012

If your inner amphibian craves a wave, you have the right kind of brain to appreciate the elemental story and scenic backdrops…

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By Darren Franich (64) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 25 Oct 2012

In attempting to honor their subject, the filmmakers also sap the life out of a potentially thrilling story…

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By Sandie Angulo Chen (751) for Common Sense Media (4,943) on 25 Oct 2012

Inspiring story about teen surfer has some sad moments…

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By Jason Buchanan (161) for TV Guide (1,527) on 25 Oct 2012

Like most amateur surfers, Hanson and Apted get off to a shaky start in Chasing Mavericks; but once they find their balance, they ride the…

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By Kirk Honeycutt (1,481) for honeycuttshollywood.com (375) on 25 Oct 2012

A pretty good sports tale yet the human element is just barely there…

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By Sean P. Means (2,056) for Salt Lake Tribune (1,927) on 25 Oct 2012

The inspirational part becomes a letdown in the finale (when the movie tells us, as gently as possible, about Moriarity's life after Mavericks),…

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By Jim Judy (1,199) for Screen It! (1,437) on 25 Oct 2012

It might not be a complete wipeout, but it's far away from hanging ten in any sort of awesome way. (Full Content Review for Parents also available)…

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By Daniel M. Kimmel (1,403) for New England Movies Weekly (716) on 25 Oct 2012

A coming-of-age story which should end with the young boy becoming a young man. Unfortunately, fate had other ideas…

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By Gary Wolcott (857) for Tri-City Herald (818) on 25 Oct 2012

The surfing scenes are spectacular. Unfortunately, those scenes cover about 30 minutes of a badly written, mostly boring 90-minute film…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 25 Oct 2012

The reason to see Chasing Mavericks is the same reason why people flock to shore locations when a hurricane approaches: the waves…

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By Jonathan W. Hickman (551) for Daily Film Fix (355) on 25 Oct 2012

Regardless of the limp dramatic story leading up to the film's conclusion, Chasing Mavericks will charm surfers and wannabe surfers with its…

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By David Noh (869) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 25 Oct 2012

The characters here are swamped not only in huge surf, but in the unmitigated corn of a hopelessly mawkish screenplay…

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By Linda Barnard (586) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 25 Oct 2012

The heart-pounding surfing scenes are epic but the script can barely keep its head above the waves in the dramatized biopic Chasing Mavericks…

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By Dan Lybarger (786) for Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (1,391) on 25 Oct 2012

If Chasing Mavericks is short in the originality department, at least directors Curtis Hanson (L.A…

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By Willie Waffle (1,383) for WaffleMovies.com (1,380) on 25 Oct 2012

They should have just called it Karate Kid: Surf's Up…

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By Michael Posner (18) for Globe and Mail (2,419) on 25 Oct 2012

I don't know if you have to be a surfer to fully appreciate Chasing Mavericks, but it certainly wouldn't hurt…

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By Tom Long (1,693) for Detroit News (2,682) on 25 Oct 2012

Never really [delivers] the sun-in-your-face, salt-in-your-hair, sandy-cocky thrill of surfing or surf culture…

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