Review of Chasing Mavericks (2012) by Dervilla O — 02 Jun 2013

The surfing is superb; always like Gerald Butler but the script is pretty mediocre.

This review of Chasing Mavericks (2012) was written by Dervilla O on 02 Jun 2013.

Chasing Mavericks has generally received positive reviews.

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