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Movie Overview
Director
• Doug Pray
MPAA Rating
R - for language and some sexual material
Theatrical Release
May 09, 2008 (Limited)
Video/DVD Releases
Jul 29, 2008 (DVD)
Surfwise (2008)

REVIEWS
NEWS
INTERVIEWS
OTHER
OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh
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4/5
"(Surfwise) delivers facts with fanciful shading, sequences that explain the lure of the ocean with images of the vast waves washing over their would-be conquerors."  PopMatters  Bill Gibron

B+
"Surfwise is a captivating documentary highlighted by some significant scenes of naked confession and an overall portrait of misplaced intelligence...a powerful document of familial agitation and disillusionment."  BrianOrndorf.com  Brian Orndorf

B+
"Documentarian Doug Pray ("Scratch") connects the narrative dots between the Paskowitz's nine children that survived their unconventional upbringing with varying degrees of success. You have to see this unusual story to believe it."  ColeSmithey.com  Cole Smithey

3/4
"Few documentaries parse the complexities of family dynamics so effectively."  TV Guide's Movie Guide  Maitland McDonagh

2.5/4
"Surfwise tries to separate itself from the fray of political documentaries by not taking itself too seriously."  Slant Magazine  Paul Schrodt
OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh
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