Michael Apted & Curtis Hanson
Chasing Mavericks
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4.5When young Jay Moriarity discovers that the mythic Mavericks surf break, one of the biggest waves on Earth, exists just miles from his Santa Cruz home, he enlists the help of local legend Frosty Hesson to train him to survive it.
- Director: Michael Apted, Curtis Hanson
- Main Cast: Gerard Butler, Elisabeth Shue, Abigail Spencer
- Cinematography: Bill Pope
- Screenplay: Kario Salem
Cinema Premiere: October 26, 2012
3 english reviews of Chasing Mavericks (2012)
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6.3 / 10
Although not a titan of drama or adventure, that movie spins a more compelling tale than the one on offering in "Chasing Mavericks", but the surfing sequences are more impressive here. Credit goes to everyone involved - the scenes with characters challenging the maverick waves are amazing.
- James Berardinelli -
5 / 10
"Chasing Mavericks" breaks through the cliches associated with surfer movies - the carefree beach party fantasies, the fake mysticism - and offers a portrait that has a lot more integrity. In this telling, the really serious surfers, the big wave guys, are anything but happy-go-lucky airheads. They are athletes, who study currents and wave patterns and train their minds as well as their bodies, knowing that they're doing something almost crazy that has a good chance of killing them.
- Mick LaSalle
Box Office
Chasing Mavericks has earned a total of 7 942 116 dollars from cinemas across the world (the global box office).
1. Roger Ebert
"Chasing Mavericks" is made with more care and intelligence than many another film starting with its template might have been. It's better than most movies targeted at teens.
- Roger Ebert
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