North Shore

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North Shore

PG

Released Aug 14, 1987

1h 36m

Adventure

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After learning how to surf by using the local wave tanks, Arizona resident Rick (Matt Adler) uses his winnings from a recent contest to fly to Hawaii and try to make a living for himself as a professional wave rider. He gets off to a rough start, as he finds riding the ocean a lot different than the simulated waves back home, but he soon finds a mentor in the aging surf guru Chandler (Gregory Harrison) and a friend in local girl Kiani (Nia Peeples).

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David Nusair

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...the picture generally comes off as an affable and perfectly watchable piece of work.

Rated: 2.5/4

Aug 5, 2020

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Richard Freedman

Newhouse News Service

North Shore keeps threatening to expire from sheer brainlessness. But then along comes an evening vista that shows how Sunset Beach got its name, or a crash of waves that looks like a living Hokusai, and you realize summer is still very much with us.

Nov 15, 2019

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Emanuel Levy

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Rated: 2/5

Oct 19, 2005

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Scott Weinberg

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Rated: 1/5

Jul 26, 2002

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Erin M

Great surfing movie…super fun and entertaining movie!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

09/24/24

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North Shore isn't a great movie. It's too slow for my liking, and the ending was not good. Rick giving up the tournament and leaving Keani was not what I expected in thus. Just watch Point Break instead.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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One of my favorite childhood movies. Barney

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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A surprisingly fun trip through 80's Oahu. Definitely one of the best films about surfing, not that there is much to compare to.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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an entertaining 80s movie with heart; some of the best surfing scenes ever filmed

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Loved it. Watching this with Keacy I already know it, because I know him. I can see just how much this movie shaped him. Love the art of the main character. Would love to be like that. This is how I imagined Hawaii. Locals hating on tourist. Which I want to argue with, but I wasn't fond of tourists in the same way in Nashville, but I was always nice and friendly. Only point I hated it was when they start thinking of themselves as more local than you and start correcting you? Maybe that happened a lot in Hawaii so they just get defensive to start with? Friends say it's not so bad. Hope they will be friendly if we are really to move and settle in a place I've never been to.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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William Phelps

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Matt Adler

Rick Kane

Gregory Harrison

Chandler

Nia Peeples

Kiani

John Philbin

Turtle

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After learning how to surf by using the local wave tanks, Arizona resident Rick (Matt Adler) uses his winnings from a recent contest to fly to Hawaii and try to make a living for himself as a professional wave rider. He gets off to a rough start, as he finds riding the ocean a lot different than the simulated waves back home, but he soon finds a mentor in the aging surf guru Chandler (Gregory Harrison) and a friend in local girl Kiani (Nia Peeples).

Director: William Phelps
Producer: Bill Finnegan
Screenwriter: Randal Kleiser, Tim McCanlies, William Phelps
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Universal Pictures
Rating: PG
Genre: Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 14, 1987, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 15, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $3.2M
Runtime: 1h 36m
Sound Mix: Surround

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