11 out of 11 people found the following review helpful:

A film about nothing

gyl from , 10th March, 2009

Matthew McConaughey plays legendary surfer Addington, who is being manipulated by his friends and bullied by his sponsers into starring in a reality tv show about surfers in a big brother style house with loads of playboy grade models kicking about. But he just wants to surf man, he's not feeling it. That's about it plotwise. McConaughey spends 99% of the movie shirtless, waiting for some decent (surf)break, there's plenty of bikini babes and everything goes along at an easy going pace. Stoners and McConaughey fans might like this but anyone wanting to engage their brain won't. I hate giving films 3 stars but even tho nothing really happens, the characters aren't believable and the acting's not great, i didn't consider turning it off either. I guess that's the point - the movie moves along at the same pace as the surfer's lives. It does make you long for a life so easy - travelling the world, hanging out with your friends, doing what you love; in Addington's case that's having sex with beautiful women, smoking pot and surfing. And displaying his 8 pack ALL the time. Think there's a bit of self parody in there from McConaughey's bongo playing days too. Be warned tho - the beautiful bodies on show may spark the urge to do sit ups.

1 out of 1 people found the following review helpful:

Poor

alhazy21 from , 21st June, 2009

Don't bother, utter tosh!!

1 out of 1 people found the following review helpful:

Surprisingly entertaining

A Customer from Thatcham, 31st May, 2009

I was in the mood for something light to watch and this was perfect. But I have to say, if you've never hung out with surfers or had any surfer friends this movie will probably be lost on you.

For those of you understand the 'surfer way' you'll probably enjoy the story of a guy who just wants to surf but like most things these days, somebody wants to commercialise him/it.

The only thing I didn't appreciate is how the characters stereotype the surfer mentality. The surfers I know are all brilliant, intelligent people, not airheads partying all day long with a bunch of half naked woman at the poolside smoking weed (well some maybe but not all!).

By the end of the movie I wanted to move to California and spend the rest of my days chilling out - if they can do it why can't I?! I then remembered the lawn needed mowing and went to go see those lovely people up the road about borrowing their goats...

Lighthearted, entertaining and at least well acted.

a real flop!

MrsFletch from , 14th October, 2009

Just rubbish I'm afraid, a real flop!

easy going but would need remake

A Customer from Scotland, 7th October, 2009

Started this film with a relative open mind, it;s basically Matt McC shirtless and stoned all the way through. Wish there were more clear moments and the story more thought-through. Film has potential, with the right dialogues, less weed and stronger soundtrack a more enjoyable film. For a comedy not funny enough, for thought-provoking film not deep enough.

Harmless Froth!

A Customer from Lincs, UK, 6th October, 2009

Yep, it does what it says on the tin! Surfer Dude is harmless, silly and full of eye-candy... what did you expect? I really enjoyed this film, and I'm not ashamed to say it!

Surfs up

Webblet from , 17th September, 2009

Great fun for a lazy day chilling out - very easy watching!

Surfer Dude sucks!

A Customer from Lancashire, 18th August, 2009

I would only recommend this film if I wanted to bore someone to death! The half point rating is for Matthew's body alone, everything else was pointless!

Sewage in the sea of surf flicks

A Customer from St. Agnes, 15th August, 2009

I love surfing. I love movies. I love hot chicks in bikinis. With that in mind, I decided to ignore all the negative reviews of this film thinking 'how bad can it really be?'. I pressed the red 'rent' button. Man, that was a mistake. It was awful. There was barely any surfing and the gratuitous shots of sun-kissed Californian totty were interrupted time and time again with a completely limp 'reality TV' plot that even Woody Harrelson was powerless to salvage. The jokes are few and far between, the oh-so-stoned 'surfer dude' lingo is cringeworthy, the acting is ropey (Shane Dorian could have done better) - in fact the only really good aspect of this movie is Xavier Rudd's soundtrack. Clearly McConnathingy (who spends 90 percent of his on screen time posturing and flexing his admittedly impressive washboard stomach) just wanted to spend 6 months on a beach - that's cool but they should have just kept it simple. If you rent this film I would advise you to lie down on your living room floor and do some sit-ups for the duration - at least that way you won't feel like you've wasted 90 mins of your life.

Deary me!

DCM from , 28th July, 2009

What the heck was all that about?! Total garbage do not bother with this. I actually fell asleep :o/