Surfer, Dude

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Surfer, Dude

R

2008

1h 25m

Comedy

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Steve Addington 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 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.

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Dennis Harvey

Variety

09/15/2008

[A] hapless, laughless movie.

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Tim Cogshell

Boxoffice Magazine

09/15/2008

2/5

The movie is about a surfer dude (sans comma), who is an analog dude trying to fit into a digital world, which is like trying to get a square peg into a Calabi-Yau Manifold, which is to say it probably won't work, and neither does this movie.

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Neely Tucker

Washington Post

09/12/2008

You can stick around for the only funny line, which involves a breakfast burrito, but the smart surfer would head for the hills and Willie's goat ranch.

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Kevin Carr

7M Pictures

03/05/2009

1.5/5

The problem that Surfer, Dude faces is that in its attempt to be a stoner comedy, it forgot to add the comedy elements.

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Peter Canavese

Groucho Reviews

12/28/2008

1.5/4

A celebration of unrealistic lifestyles, which makes it exactly the wrong film for our times. [Blu-ray]

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Ben Lyons

At the Movies

11/05/2008

The film looks more like a collection of home movies as opposed to a professional piece of cinema.

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Jelisije J

@jjosifovic Mar 14

This isn't a bad film but this movie is so simple that you could have made this film total runtime less than 45 min. Its oatmeal with no seasoning.....its digestible, but you wish for more flavor.

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Mark W

@Mrworthy Nov 8

The story is genuine and the scenery is incredible and the music is fitting. If you like a movie with real writing authentic cinematography, dialogue, depth of characters this is a great movie to watch for 2 hours. Makes you want to love the surfer lifestyle, first love and understanding that 2 lives exist the child vs the adult.

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John R

@RT47962873 Sep 19

Righteous swells and the harshness when they’re gone. You get it…or you don’t.

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CJ C

@RT75134687 Jun 15

0% from all the critics. My favorite movie of all time. 🤣🤔

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Fionn L

@RT79914644 03/11/2025

A cinematic masterpiece would be an extreme understatement. McConaughey is a perfect casting in this Oscar worthy performance. Bindler really brings the story to life. #lovedit #perfectmovie

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warren j

@RT50649270 09/04/2024

Very accurate in it’s depiction of Surfer Dude ethos on the West Coast, Great to look at and before it’s time in pointing out the destructive elements of modern mainstream reality TV culture. Enjoyable, feel good and great performances all round. This films reputation will grow in time, Cool!!

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Synopsis

Steve Addington 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 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
Producer: Gus Gustawes, Mark Gustawes
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
Runtime: 1h 25m

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