Surf's Up

If you appreciate the mockumentary style then this film is fantastic. I always found the "bloopers" of the 3D films to be absolutely hilarious and this film is essentially made up of them. The story itself is cliche but it's also quite cute and well done so at no point you simply say "seen it!" A few parts did drag slightly but for the vast majority of the film I was laughing quite hard. ESPECIALLY the instant replay of Cody's immense bail. That was literally comedy gold.

While the plotline is severely lacking, the mockumentary style of the production works really well and provides allmost all of the film's entertainment and humour. Through these reasonably numerous comedy moments the continuation of the plotline is entirely predictable, after the first half an hour you can literally plan the outline of the major events of the movie to the end. There are also some good characters thrown in the mix, but without the mockumentary approach there'd be nothing here.

Way, way better than I thought it would be. Actually a very engaging and somewhat unique take on the whole animation thing with it's documentary style.

The story is far from original, but the concept is. An animated mockumentary, so funny. They have all the elements of a documentary including the handheld and zooms, the fast motion setups, and the interviews with the boom mic coming into the shot. Brilliant. Plus it is truly funny and the voice acting is just superb. Having the actors together to improv truly is better.

If I was at the age of 9 - 10 and I saw this movie I would learn to surf