Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Fresh and Exciting

This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

The acting in this movie is really good.

Soul Surfer is of course based upon a true story about a surfer girl who gets involved in a horrific shark attack that claims one of her arms. Really the movie centers around how this newly handicapped girl keeps on going and how she learns to still compete in surfing while missing a limb. The actors did a good job... for the most part. I liked AnnaSophia Robb, she played the lead role of Bethany well. I felt that her performance was very deep and powerful. I also like Helen Hunt in her role, she truthfully did play the mother very well, she also had good parent child on screen chemistry with Robb. Quaid is good, like always. But I wanna talk about what I can only see as one of the worst performances I've ever seen delivered. And that performance was by country singer Carrie Underwood. Underwood is a fantastic singer and that's where her entertainment career must stop because the acting is so bad. Like that was some of the fakest acting I've ever seen. I think underwood really did try but ultimately it failed. The writing is alright, everything is pretty formulaic Hollywood. Soul surfer gets a 6/10, an OK pick, could've been a lot better though.

I watched it so late but it didn't matter. Whether you watched it yesterday or today, it would always seem new. It was so superb and motivational that you would never get tired of watching it again. Just saw it and sees the changes in yourself. You would perceived everything in right way. Its right that we cannot change what we have gone through or what have happened earlier, but we have full opportunity to change what will going to happen tomorrow. That what movie will tell you, just look at the brighter side what you have. if you just rise up when everything puts you down then you are champion. And BETHANY HAMILTON is CHAMPION.

Born to the water, 13-year old Bethany is a promising competitive surfer when she loses her left arm in a shark attack.Based (fairly accurately) on the real-life story of Hawaiian Bethany Hamilton, this film is described as "faith-based" and, as an agnostic, I would have lost interest quite quickly had the movie taken an evangelistic approach to the role the family's faith played in Bethany's life after the attack. However, the film is content to acknowledge it and move on: a sensible approach, because Bethany's story is both amazing and moving, and does not need the distraction which concentration on faith would have generated.The story is never less than gripping, it is well told, it is very well acted (particularly by AnnaSophia Robb as Bethany), and the Hawaiian scenery, and the surfing, look great. And, to my surprise (especially given that I do not think I am part of the target demographic), I found it intensely emotional: I was frequently in tears, and not just out of distress over Bethany's injury.I was particularly impressed by the CGI removal of AnnaSophia Robb's arm: not so much by its on-screen absence, more by the fact that her body did not betray the existence of an unseen limb in terms of movement and balance, something which is often the case with digital limb removal (eg. Gary Sinise in Forrest Gump).And, completely aside from the film, it is heartening to see that Bethany has become a professional surfer and an inspiration to thousands.

There may be a few very minor spoilers here, but nothing that wouldn't be seen in reading basic info about the film.This is one of my favorite films, it's very inspirational and emotional. The fact that it's a true story (overall at least) is what makes it so special. Ironically, I think that my favorite part is the ending credits when it shows videos of the real Bethany Hamilton and things that she has done since the attack. It's truly amazing that she has become a champion surfer even though she only has one arm, it hardly seems possible.As a Christian, there are a couple parts that I consider to be inappropriate, mainly the photo shoot. But most of the film is fully acceptable. I was worried that it would be like the movie "The Blind Side" which has a lot of bad language and inappropriate stuff. But thankfully that's not really the case. The fact that Bethany Hamilton and her family are Christians in real life is probably the main reason why. It's interesting that they insisted on having a couple Bible verses.The shark attack, and the rescue are rather intense, so if you're sensitive to things like this, you may want to skip this part. I don't mind it, I probably shouldn't call it exiting, since it was a very tragic event, but I do enjoy watching it. The rest of the film is mostly gentle.