Release Date
September 5, 2008
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Running Time
88 minutes
MPAA Rating
Rated R for pervasive drug use, language and nudity
Longboarding soul-surfer Steve Addington (Matthew McConaughey) returns to Malibu for the summer to find his cool hometown vibe corrupted. New sponsorship demands Addington to expand into Virtual Reality Video Games and Reality TV. Unwilling to participate in this new digital-reality, he chooses to spend his summer surfing his home break. But in a twist-of-fate, the waves go flat and stay flat. Out of money, his expense-accounts canceled, and betrayed by his buddies, Addington is backed... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
Several years ago my brother was working for a production company and a screenplay came across his desk titled, Surfer, Dude. It was to star Matthew McConaughey. He had good things to say about it, and even compared it to The Big Lebowski. Somewhere between the initial, submitted draft and final production, something clearly went horribly wrong. Full movie review »
