Bethany lost her left arm in a shark attack and courageously overcame all odds to become a champion again, through her sheer determination and unwavering faith. The film narrates the events leading to this attack and its results. The film features an allstar cast, including annasophia robb and helen hunt. A lifelong surfer who always felt at home in the sea, bethany hamilton annasophia robb honed her surfing skills in kauai, and went on to compete in numerous surfing competitions. Soul surfer is a wholesome movie, intended as inspirational. Soul surfer is based on the true story of bethany hamilton, a champion surfer who in her early teens was attacked by a shark and lost almost. With annasophia robb, dennis quaid, helen hunt, carrie underwood. The film features an allstar cast, including anna sophia robb and helen hunt, with carrie underwood in her film debut, and dennis quaid. A champion surfer loses her left arm in a terrifying shark attack, but summons the determination to make an incredible comeback in this inspirational sports drama. The competitor is a pretty onenote character, but she does offer a physical manifestation of bethanys conflict.
Jhoanna robledo of common sense media gave the film three. The soul surfer movie license standard includes just what you need to legally show the movie at your church, including. The film features an allstar cast, including annasophia robb and helen hunt, with carrie underwood in her film debut. The movie suffers from horrible pacing issues, mainly due to the fact that the. At years old, bethany lost her left arm in a shark attack. Watch bethany hamilton interviews and other video exploring the true story behind soul surfer. Feb 08, 2011 soul surfer trailer courtesy tristar pictures. I mean she knows how much ive put into this, you know.
Highlights include interviews with bethany shortly after the shark attack, bethany hanging out with the real alana blanchard, video from the set of the soul surfer movie, and her opinion of her onscreen counterpart, actress annasophia robb. But the minute tragedy strikes and does it ever the movie finds its footing. Earnest sports biopic tugs at heart despite cliches. Dennis quaid, annasophia robb and helen hunt in soul surfer. Soul surfer is the inspiring true story of teen surfer bethany hamilton. The soul surfer real story reveals that he did call 911 for an ambulance but did not call her mother as depicted in the soul surfer movie. But soul surfer, while formulaic in design, is an authentic and heartfelt movie. Once you select rent youll have 14 days to start watching the movie and 48 hours to finish it. Dvd with fulllength film an annual public site licence for 1 location digital movie event planning guide digital resources including web graphics, printable ticket invite, printable bulletin insert template, discussion questions and powerpoint slide templates the standard. Soul surfer is the inspiring true story of teen surfer bethany hamilton, who lost her arm in a shark attack and courageously overcame all odds to become a champion. Soul surfer 2011 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Through faith and perseverance, less than two years later bethany won a national surfing title. Its also worth nothing that the movie did a good job of personifying this antagonistic force in a nasty competitor. A true story of faith, family, and fighting to get back on the board. Soul surfer is the inspiring true story of teen surfer bethany hamilton, who lost her arm in a shark attack and courageously overcame all odds to become a champion again, through her sheer determination and unwavering faith. Soul surfer is an inspiring, powerful story about young surfer bethany hamilton. She wrote about her experience in the 2004 autobiography soul surfer. Soul surfer is an incredible biopic about bethany hamilton. Special effects remove anna sophia robbs arm as she shoots. Soul surfer the movie soul surfer 2011 is the inspiring true story of teen surfer bethany hamilton, who lost her arm in a shark attack and courageously overcame all odds to become a champion again, through her sheer determination and unwavering faith. Soul surfer 2011 is the inspiring true story of teen surfer bethany hamilton, who lost her arm in a shark attack and courageously overcame all odds to become a champion again, inspiring millions worldwide through the love of her family, her sheer determination, and her unwavering faith in jesus christ. But after a fun night out night surfing and what should be a fun day in the water, she is attacked by a shark and loses her arm.
Soul surfer is based on the true story of bethany hamilton, a champion surfer who in her early teens was attacked by a shark and lost almost all of her left arm. The film stars annasophia robb, helen hunt, dennis quaid, and lorraine nicholson with carrie underwood, kevin sorbo, sonya balmores, branscombe richmond, and craig t. Released april 8th, 2011, soul surfer stars annasophia robb, helen hunt, dennis quaid, lorraine nicholson the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 46 min, and received a score of 53 out of 100. Based on a true story, a teenage surfer returns to the water after losing her arm in a shark attack. Soul surfer is a 2011 american biographical drama film directed by sean mcnamara, based on. Surprisingly, soul surfer as a christian movie, manages to catch a couple of waves, but thats where it ends. Jeff waba, a family friend who had been at tunnels that morning, called her mom and informed her of the shark attack. Now she has to relearn how to do everything with only one arm including how. Soul surfer original soundtrack original soundtrack. The shark that attacked the real bethany hamilton was a 14 foot tiger shark. A 14foot tiger sharp leaps out of the water and eats her arm. Like many recent films being marketed to a christian audience, the presented faith in soul surfer was played a bit too safe and generic to arouse any converts.
Soul surfer 2011 is the inspiring true story of teen surfer bethany hamilton, who lost her arm in a shark attack and courageously overcame all odds to become a champion again, through her sheer determination and unwavering faith. Soul surfer is a 2011 american biographical drama film directed by sean mcnamara, based on the 2004 autobiography soul surfer. The 1960s term soul surfer has been used to describe everyone from diehard boarders who quit their day jobs, to beach bums who only think they can handle a wave. Soul surfer is the inspiring true story of teen surfer bethany hamilton, who lost her arm in a shark attack and courageously overcame all odds to become a champion again, through the love of her family, her sheer determination and unwavering faith. Dennis quaid and helen hunt, as bethanys parents, are stalwart and supportive, although the script indeed leaves them with no other choice. Soul surfer pg drama movie 2011 true story of teenage championship surfer bethany hamilton after losing an arm in a shark attack, the young woman relies on her family, friends and faith as she attempts a comeback. I laughed, i cried, and even though the outcomes were predictable, i still cheered for the end. Soul surfer movie event movie license church media. Rushed to the hospital, she remains calm, and maintains her faith in god. Her story has certainly been told repeatedly, including an autobiography and an earlier short doc, heart of a soul surfer, made by her sisterinlaw. To be honest, soul surfer gets off to an iffy start, full of cheesy shots of beachy fun in the sun.
Soul surfer 2011 stream and watch online moviefone. As in the soul surfer true story movie, in january 2004 she placed fifth in the open womens divison of the nssa regional competition. Soul surfer is the inspiring true story of teen surfer bethany hamilton, who. Add a powerful story for women and goodhearted christian overtones and youve got something equally unique and special for bigger crowd. Apr 08, 2011 the country songstress tries her hand at acting in soul surfer, the story of surfer bethany hamilton who survived a reallife sharkattack in 2003 and eventually found her way back to the board. The biopic tells the story of surfer bethany hamilton, who lost her arm in a shark attack. Opening with the impossible chipper radio hit sound of sunshine by. Soul surfer 2011 is the inspiring true story of teen surfer bethany hamilton, who lost her arm in a shark attack and courageously overcame all odds to become. Bethany hamilton was a stunt double for annasophia robb and helped in the editing process. Mar 26, 2011 her story has certainly been told repeatedly, including an autobiography and an earlier short doc, heart of a soul surfer, made by her sisterinlaw. The movie suffers from horrible pacing issues, mainly due to the fact that the incident that occurs, and the result afterwards are the only solid material soul surfer has for its narrative. Great movie and really inspiring story it amazed me and. Soul surfer reveals bethanys fight to recover from her ordeal and how she. A year later, in 2005, she won her first national title by placing first in the explorer womens division of the 2005 nssa national championships.
Soul surfer carrie underwood, annasophia robb and director sean mcnamara on the set of soul surfer. Summary the soul surfer in 2003, teenager bethany hamilton annasophia robb lives in kauai, hawaii with her parents tom dennis quaid and cheri helen hunt, and two brothers, noah ross thomas and timmy chris brochu. In the movie soul surfer, a young surfer named bethany had to do just that. For me, this movie was a wonderful reminder of whom i asked to be in charge of my. Soul surfer showtimes at an amc movie theater near you. Certainly, soul surfer had its moments of cheese, but nowhere near the usual preprocessed cheddar chunks so common to such films.
Bethany meilani hamilton born february 8, 1990 is an american professional surfer who survived a 2003 shark attack in which her left arm was bitten off but who ultimately returned to professional surfing. Soul surfer is the true story of teen surfer bethany hamilton, who lost her arm in a shark attack and courageously overcame all odds to become a champion again. On halloween day, bethany is surfing with her friend, alana, and alanas family near a remote beach. The characters, especially bethanys parents, seem onedimensional and unrealistically saintly. Special effects remove anna sophia robbs arm as she. Teenage surfer bethany hamilton overcomes the odds and her own fears of returning to the water after losing her left arm in a shark attack. Put them together and youve got more than a promising start for a movie an audience can get behind and enjoy. A true story of faith, family, and fighting to get back on the board by bethany hamilton about her life as a surfer after a horrific shark attack and her recovery. Soul surfer 2011 pg 1h 46m dramas based on real life hawaiian teen bethany hamilton bravely returns to competitive surfing after losing her left arm in a vicious shark attack. Watch soul surfer streaming online hulu free trial. The carrie diaries star annasophia robb portrays the reallife surfer, with oscar winner helen hunt as her mom. One month later, she was back on a surfboard, has since won several championships and is at age 21 a professional surfer.
The stars of soul surfer made use of the latest in special effects today, as they filmed on a hawaii beach. The movie soul surfer, a young surfer named bethany 1437 words 6 pages. The film features an allstar cast, including annasophia robb and helen hunt, with carrie underwood in her film debut, and dennis quaid. Soul surfer is the true story of teen surfer bethany hamilton, who lost her arm in a shark attack and courageously overcame all odds to become a. I mean, she knows that i have two important competitions coming up, right. Her soul truly is engaged in her passion for surfing. A feelgood movie about a spunky surfer girl who loses an arm in a horrific shark attack deserves a feelgood soundtrack, and soul surfer, an inspirational biopic on bethany hamilton, achieves just that with a pleasant mix of alternative rock, ccm, teen pop, and a little slack key hawaiian music tossed in for good measure. The country songstress tries her hand at acting in soul surfer, the story of surfer bethany hamilton who survived a reallife sharkattack in 2003 and eventually found her way back to the board. True story of teenage championship surfer bethany hamilton after losing an arm in a shark attack, the young woman relies on her family, friends and faith as she attempts a comeback.