Surf's Up

Sony's new animated mockumentary about surfing penguins hit the multiplex this weekend. Starring Shia LaBeouf as a teenage penguin from Antartica who dreams of winning the world surfing championship it's a surprisingly funny movie. Zooey Deschanel plays his love interest, and Jeff Bridges of course is Big Z (read: Big Kahuna or in this case The Big Lebowski).

The lesson here is that friends are more important than trophies. In pure kid entertainment fashion they beat you over the head with it. However, Jon Heder does a delightful turn as Chicken Joe a stoner surfing chicken from Sheboygan, Wisconsin. He bumbles around the jungle looking for Cody (LeBouf), and manages to become king of a pigmy penguin colony. It's pretty hilarious actually.

I'd recommend it for parents who are tired of the same old Disney drek. It has an adult sense of humor. Your kids may for once be more bored than you are!