Never mind trying to follow the intricate revenge plot in "Ocean's Thirteen," a sequel (to "Ocean's Eleven, 2001 and "Ocean's Twelve, 2004, both PG-13) long on glitz and short on content, but amusing in a low-key way that feels fresh in this season of superheroes. The loss of a parent is a secondary theme: We see in a photo Cody's dad and a whale about to swallow him. Cody and others get knocked out and nearly drowned in briefly intense surfing wipeouts. When the otter, Reggie, emerges from a hot tub, the camera blurs his crotch, a la "real" reality shows. his surfing trophies - which seems to be a subtle reference (likely clear to adults and teens) about masturbation. "Surf's Up" contains toilet humor, occasional crude language ("crap" and "pecker face" seem gratuitous), a long scene in which Tank talks about being alone with his "ladies" - i.e. Her reclusive uncle Geek (Jeff Bridges), who has a secret connection to Cody's idol, Big Z, helps Cody achieve a Zen-like approach to surfing, but surfer bully Tank Evans (Diedrich Bader) sees Cody as a loser. Cody sets out, befriends a spacey surfing rooster, Chicken Joe, from Sheboygan (Jon Heder), and meets lovely penguin lifeguard Lani (Zooey Deschanel). One day, a scout bird named Mikey (Mario Cantone), traveling by whale, recruits Cody for the big Big Z Memorial Surf Off on tropical Pen-Gu Island, run by a sleazy otter named Reggie (James Woods). Bored with sorting fish, he longs to surf the world's waves in emulation of his idol, legendary champ Big Z. The look of the film is artful and the script includes great vocabulary words, such as "finesse," for grade-schoolers.Ĭody Maverick (voice of Shia LaBeouf) is a small Rockhopper penguin from Antarctica. "Surf's Up" is consistently funny, from the three little penguin chicks who comment on the action to the "native" penguins who capture and nearly cook a surf-loving rooster. And its message - that winning isn't everything - doesn't crash down like a wave.
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The movie doesn't talk down to kids, but has plenty to tickle adults. Older kids will also like the way it unfolds as a "reality TV" show, with interviews and scratchy "archival" scenes. Kids 6 and older will take pleasure in the film's clever overlay of surfer-dude culture onto a cartoon penguin world. But it turns out that "Surf's Up," about a penguin who lives for surfing, is a funnier, less pretentious, more carefree enterprise that can stand on its own webbed feet. It sounds like a weak excuse for yet another computer-animated feature about penguins, especially after last year's "Happy Feet" (PG, 2006).
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