
Steve Addington is the world's preeminent surfer - cool, laid back, stoned, shirtless and barefoot, living off endorsements for surfboards and trunks, paid in cash. In Malibu his endorsement contract has been bought by Eddie Zarno, a surfer turned businessman who wants Steve to record his moves for an electronic virtual reality game. Steve just wants to surf. While Zarno tries to change Steve's mind, the Pacific goes calm - there are no waves for days on end. Steve's attracte... (Full plot summary below)
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Steve Addington is the world's preeminent surfer - cool, laid back, stoned, shirtless and barefoot, living off endorsements for surfboards and trunks, paid in cash. In Malibu his endorsement contract has been bought by Eddie Zarno, a surfer turned businessman who wants Steve to record his moves for an electronic virtual reality game. Steve just wants to surf. While Zarno tries to change Steve's mind, the Pacific goes calm - there are no waves for days on end. Steve's attracted to Danni, recently fired by Zarno, but the lack of surfing drains him. Plus, he's low on dough. Will he sign with Zarno, get paid, and lose his self-respect?
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| Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.comScott Von DoviakThere's something about the mystical-spiritual aura surrounding surfing that tends to turn most movies on the subject to hippie-dippie mush. |
| BrianOrndorf.comBrian OrndorfI wish the finished product was as amusing as the behind-the-scenes pot-fueled merriment I imagine took place during production. |
| At the MoviesBen LyonsThe film looks more like a collection of home movies as opposed to a professional piece of cinema. |
| Dallas Morning NewsMario TarradellWillie and ganja, yes, yes, the cliches abound. |
| Washington PostNeely TuckerYou 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. |
| Houston ChronicleLouis B. ParksSurfer, Dude is a bizarre throwback. It feels 25-30 years out of date and seems to be meant to be watched on VHS, oops, make that DVD, while stoned. |
| Groucho ReviewsPeter CanaveseA celebration of unrealistic lifestyles, which makes it exactly the wrong film for our times. [Blu-ray] |
| The Hollywood ReporterStephen FarberSomeone else's vacation photos are never much fun to watch, and this beach party is a drag for onlookers. |
| 7M PicturesKevin CarrThe problem that Surfer, Dude faces is that in its attempt to be a stoner comedy, it forgot to add the comedy elements. |
| Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesFrom "Hands on a Hard Body" to an 89-minute ogling of another hard body: It boggles the mind that 11 years after his engrossing documentary about an endurance competition to win a truck in Longview, Texas, filmmaker Bindler has channeled his talents into this regrettable comedy. |