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      Surfer, Dude

      R Released Sep 12, 2008 1 hr. 25 min. Comedy List
      0% 18 Reviews Tomatometer 26% 5,000+ Ratings Audience Score Steve Addington (Matthew McConaughey) is a professional surfer and beach bum who lives to ride the waves. Content simply to live in the moment, he has a dilemma when his finances dry up and businessman Eddie Zarno (Jeffrey Nordling) offers to hire him for a virtual reality game. Since there are suddenly no good waves in the ocean, Addington must reconsider Zarno's offer and ponder his place in the world. Struggling with the choice, Addington seeks advice from his friends. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Dec 02 Buy Now

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      t n Matthew McConaughey obviously produced this so that he could spend an hour or two without a shirt on trying to look sexy. Choosing Woody Harrelson to be in the movie was obviously an attempt to make himself look even better and he must have homophobic Tendencies towards Woody because they enjoy having conversations with their face 2 inches apart from each other. So no Matthew you're not all that and next time you want to make a movie try and produce something with actual content honestly this movie reminds me of some ugly guy standing in front of a mirror for 3 hours pretending to be sexy a big pass on this movie this movie is not just bad it is completely vile Rated 1 out of 5 stars 09/24/22 Full Review Audience Member Is it bad, stoner-surfer genius, or avant-garde? I didn't hate it, but it really is borderline unwatchable. Having said that, you do get an awful lot of McConaughey for your money. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Audience Member This movie was an amazing ride. Harrelson and McConaughey portray their characters beautifully and improvise off one another. I laughed, cried and gasped at this movie. The occasional 'X days without waves' caught my attention and this was a groundbreaking aspect of the movie. The thing that made me give it 5 stars was large; it was McConaughey's ass. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Audience Member Why did the waves stop? What made the waves suddenly begin again? Why didn't that cocky surfer who hit Steve Addington get his ass whopped? It was a "train wreck" movie. I wanted to stop watching, but I just couldn't. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member Like... legit the best movie. Don't overthink it. It's not some ultra mega introspective into anything but a dude just being a dude. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member una película incomprendida para su tiempo. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Ben Lyons At the Movies The film looks more like a collection of home movies as opposed to a professional piece of cinema. Nov 5, 2008 Full Review Ben Mankiewicz At the Movies It felt like we were watching a rough cut. Nov 5, 2008 Full Review Dennis Harvey Variety [A] hapless, laughless movie. Sep 15, 2008 Full Review Kevin Carr 7M Pictures The problem that Surfer, Dude faces is that in its attempt to be a stoner comedy, it forgot to add the comedy elements. Rated: 1.5/5 Mar 5, 2009 Full Review Peter Canavese Groucho Reviews A celebration of unrealistic lifestyles, which makes it exactly the wrong film for our times. [Blu-ray] Rated: 1.5/4 Dec 28, 2008 Full Review Edward Havens FilmJerk.com The number of artistically successful surfing movies can be counted on one hand, and the majority of those are documentaries. Rated: D Sep 17, 2008 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis Steve Addington (Matthew McConaughey) is a professional surfer and beach bum who lives to ride the waves. Content simply to live in the moment, he has a dilemma when his finances dry up and businessman Eddie Zarno (Jeffrey Nordling) offers to hire him for a virtual reality game. Since there are suddenly no good waves in the ocean, Addington must reconsider Zarno's offer and ponder his place in the world. Struggling with the choice, Addington seeks advice from his friends.
      Director
      S.R. Bindler
      Executive Producer
      Jason Berk, Matt Lane
      Screenwriter
      S.R. Bindler, Cory Van Dyke
      Distributor
      Anchor Bay
      Production Co
      J.K. Livin Productions
      Rating
      R (Pervasive Drug Use|Nudity|Language)
      Genre
      Comedy
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Sep 12, 2008, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Apr 1, 2017
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $36.5K
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