It’s also based on a true story, which magnifies any allure the ocean already possesses over the uninitiated. The guy sitting next to me, who reeked of whiskey and cigarettes (at a Soul Surfer premiere? C’mon man!), was wiping away tears the whole way through, which is why Soul Surfer might become the most successful surf film ever made: it’s universally inspiring, and it sticks to an uncomplicated message of resilience and courage (using blonds in bikinis and a Katy Perry soundtrack shouldn’t hurt either). 31, 2003.įrom watching Hamilton (played by angelic tween AnnaSophia Robb) endure the psychological and physical struggle of re-learning to slice an orange (she uses her feet to stabilize the fruit) to choking up as she catches her first wave with her family since the shark attack, her story is unquestionably moving. More important, it provides a window into some of the intimate moments of Bethany’s recovery from the shark attack of Oct. Aside from the fact that there are enough Rip Curl logos to fill a decade’s worth of catalogs (a Rip Curl rash guard actually saves Bethany’s life: the ultimate case of product placement or meticulous attention to accuracy? You decide…) and the film portrays the Hamilton family’s relationship with the ocean (and each other) with Disneyish simplicity, its realism should satisfy the target demographic.
SOUL SURFER ANNASOPHIA ROBB PROFESSIONAL
While the PG-rated flick was bound to include a few clichés, I honestly think Soul Surfer did an admirable job honoring a young professional surfer’s unlikely story. The second (and exponentially subordinate) set of emotions I suppose any surfer shoulders was an obligation to dissect the film’s continuity as it relates to surfing. First, there was the important group of feelings: the set that celebrates Bethany Hamilton as a beacon of inspiration and triumph in the face of adversity.
scene.Last week I attended a pre-screening of Soul Surfer, the feature film about Kauai surfer Bethany Hamilton, which opens in theatres nationwide on Friday, and it elicited in me two diametrically opposed sets of emotions. (She hopes to attend Brown University after graduation.) "It's nice," she says. When she's not on set, the Denver native and high school junior can be found juggling French club with SAT prep. Not that AnnaSophia is an underachiever: She began acting professionally at age eleven and wowed crowds with Bridge to Terabithia (2007) and Race to Witch Mountain (2009).
She does more with one arm than I can do with two." "It's an amazing story of the human spirit and how we can live our dream through any hardship," says the actress, who appears alongside Dennis Quaid, Helen Hunt, and big-screen first-timer Carrie Underwood. This month, AnnaSophia (one word, no nicknames, please) reminds audiences that there's more to her than foot stomping when she stars as Bethany Hamilton in Soul Surfer, a true-life tale of the teen surf sensation who refused to let losing an arm in a shark attack stop her from getting back on her board. Seventeen-year-old AnnaSophia Robb is more than capable of playing a brat: As the gum-smacking Violet Beauregarde, whose body famously becomes as inflated as her ego in 2005's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, she gave Johnny Depp a run for his money. _AnnaSophia Robb makes a splash in this month's _Soul Surfer.
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