Review of Surfwise (2007) by Mjs M — 07 Nov 2008

A recent documentary about a hippie surfer family. The film talks about the life and times of the eleven member Paskowitz family that roamed the country looking for surf spots, the kids were not enrolled in school or really raised to deal with the outside world.

Through home videos, old photographs, archival news stories, and newly shot interviews with all the family member, the documentary gauges what this type of upbringing was like and how it affected their adult lives.

The film raises interesting questions about the morality of raising a family in an alternative lifestyle, one that is legitimately thought to be superior, but which goes against what is needed to live in society.

I would have liked a more detailed narrative of the individuals life, but it?s probably for the best that it goes for a breezy running time instead.