Review of The Endless Summer (1966) by Patrick B — 07 Feb 2010

THIS IS THE MOVIE THAT GOT ...IT ALL STARTED FOR ME I'VE BEEN SURFING EVER SINCE.

This review of The Endless Summer (1966) was written by Patrick B on 07 Feb 2010.

The Endless Summer has generally received very positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of The Endless Summer

Review of The Endless Summer (1966)

By John M (4,356) on 29 Jul 2009

This movie was painfully boring...unless you live to surf…

Read Review

Review of The Endless Summer (1966)

By Rommel O (2) on 18 Jul 2013

This film really was ahead of it's time. The footage the makers were able to capture with the equipment that was available back then is still epic…

Read Review

Review of The Endless Summer (1966)

By Alex T (1,057) on 23 Oct 2009

The Triumph of the Will of post-colonial neo-imperialism. The grim nuclear age analogue to The Grapes of Wrath…

Read Review

Review of The Endless Summer (1966)

By Brad K (89) on 04 Jun 2011

This one is a must-watch if you've never seen it…

Read Review

Review of The Endless Summer (1966)

By Ian Buckwalter (369) for NPR (1,713) on 24 Jul 2014

Part surfing film, part travelogue, occasionally even anthropological study and wildlife film, ultimately it visually taps into the wanderlust…

Read Review

Review of The Endless Summer (1966)

By Joel A (1,152) on 23 Jun 2014

The perfect example of real world adventure and discovery, featuring amazing locations and an easy listening narrative…

Read Review

Review of The Endless Summer (1966)

By Wayne H (220) on 03 Jun 2015

I love it. If nothing else to watch I pop this in…

Read Review

Review of The Endless Summer (1966)

By Sylvain F (38) on 10 Apr 2009

Great film, helped me decide to leave Michigan for the Tropics. Saw it for the first time in my 10th Grade Earth Science class…

Read Review

Review of The Endless Summer (1966)

By George C (386) on 26 Dec 2008

Fantastic documentary which is very much of its time but is still a great film even if you don't like surfing…

Read Review

Review of The Endless Summer (1966)

By Shawn W (1,705) on 09 Oct 2009

Pretty entertaining film from the 60's about surfing…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Riding Giants (2004)

By Marjorie Baumgarten (1,950) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 14 Aug 2004

There is plenty here to enjoy for beach bums and fans of bikinis and six-pack abs, but others are likely to find themselves hopeless wet blankets…

Read Review

Review of Bra Boys (2007)

By Jackie S (211) on 26 Dec 2009

I wish I hadn't watched this. It was a poorly made doco with all the cliche trade-marks of an amateur home-made doco…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Babylon

2022

68%144 Reviews

Love

2015

54%174 Reviews

Ford v Ferrari

2019

81%171 Reviews

Hillbilly Elegy

2020

61%141 Reviews

Spider-Man: No Way Home

2021

79%458 Reviews

Upgrade

2018

76%696 Reviews

Nope

2022

68%181 Reviews

No Time to Die

2021

74%254 Reviews

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

2023

85%233 Reviews

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

2023

79%186 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

The Endless Summer

1966

80%144 Reviews

2016

47%287 Reviews

Final Cut

1989

44%454 Reviews

Blitz

2011

52%502 Reviews

Little Nikita

1988

57%65 Reviews

Finding Dory

2016

75%1,261 Reviews

Death Note

2017

37%909 Reviews

Return to the Blue Lagoon

1991

51%166 Reviews

The Intern

2015

66%977 Reviews

Alex Cross

2012

45%661 Reviews