Surf's Up Critic Reviews

It's cool but not too cool, and cute but not too cute. A neat trick considering its overexposed avian cast.Read the full review

First they marched, then they tap-danced. Now they ride the waves on souped-up boards. It really doesn't matter what stunts they try to pull off: Who can resist an animated mockumentary in the style of "This Is Spinal Tap" starring the black-and-white big birds of the moment?Read the full review

If you have to see one penguin movie, this is it.Read the full review

Has a friendly, blue-collar vibe (Cody is an ex-fish-sorter from the Shiverpool, Antarctica) and some sly, low-key humor. Nevertheless, a moratorium on penguins might be called for, despite the inevitable anthropomorphic void.Read the full review

A clever, delightfully rendered summer diversion.Read the full review

A cheerful and frequently amusing bit of nonsense, which certainly will provoke children into giggles. The film does not measure up to "March of the Penguins" or "Happy Feet," both Oscar-winning efforts. Nor is it trying to.Read the full review

An animated family movie about penguins -- in the wake of "March of the Happy Feet," they're the Angelina Jolie of animals, both cute and admired everywhere. Plus, it's about surfing.Read the full review

The most colorful of the penguin 'toons to date, both figuratively and literally.Read the full review

Every bit as entertaining as the early Christopher Guest efforts.Read the full review