Surfwise Critic Reviews
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Based upon 11 Critic Reviews- Highest Rated
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Somewhat forced happy ending aside, the pic holds together well.Read the full review
As you watch Doc Paskowitz perform for Mr. Pray's camera, it's hard not to judge him harshly. His narcissism seems boundless, even when he cloaks it in self-deprecation.Read the full review
Insightful, free-roaming but tautly constructed.Read the full review
What Surfwise reveals is that the dark side of the surfing doctor was that he could be a terrible tyrant, someone whose controlling, self-centered rigidity limited his children in ways large and small as much as it gave them richer lives.Read the full review
Doug Pray's cool documentary about 85-year-old Dr. Dorian Paskowitz, his wife, and their eight sons and one daughter is about surfing insofar as surfing is the family's shared passion.Read the full review
Doug Pray’s wonderfully engaging look at love and family and the relentless pursuit of happiness, personal meaning and perfect waves.Read the full review
While the archival footage is fun, it's ultimately those bittersweet recollections of his equally energetic wife and adult children that give Surfwise its compelling edge.Read the full review
How can a freethinking father mandate his ideals without violating them? Pray covers it all, and movingly so.Read the full review
Presents an almost fawning portrait of the doctor-turned-surfer.Read the full review
What are we to make of this existence? Doc sees himself a messiah of surfing, clean living and healthy exercise. We might be more inclined to see him as a narcissistic monster, ruling his big family with an iron fist.Read the full review
