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Cast
- Gerard ButlerFrosty Hesson
- Jonny WestonJay Moriarity
- Elisabeth ShueChristy Moriarity
- Abigail SpencerBrenda Hesson
- Leven RambinKim
- Peter MelMagnificent Two
- Zach WormhoudtMagnificent Three
- Devin CrittendenBlond
- Taylor HandleySonny
- Cooper TimberlineLittle Jay Moriarty
Recommendations
- 75
Chicago Sun-Times
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. And the cinematography of the big Mavericks scene by Oliver Euclid and Bill Pope is so frightening that you sort of understand why Frosty stays on the shore, watching Jay with binoculars. - 70
Time
Chasing Mavericks may treat its characters with a little too much reverence, but it gives its titular subject its awe-inspiring due. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Chasing Mavericks manages to sufficiently overcome the obstacles with admittedly affecting results. - 50
Austin Chronicle
If you've seen the 2006 Nick Nolte vehicle "Peaceful Warrior," then you've pretty much already seen this. Capturing the essence of surfing – or any sport, for that matter – is more often than not a fool's errand. A more fitting tribute to Moriarty's legacy? Go buy a board and hit the deep blue yourself. - 50
Boston Globe
Come for the surfing. Stay for the sainthood. - 50
Los Angeles Times
The footage itself, particularly of the surf, is spectacular, with veteran cinematographer Bill Pope handling the camerawork. But the drama is soggy, overreaching for the heartfelt and overdoing the inspirational. - 50
USA Today
Ultimately the story of Jay Moriarity, who died tragically in a diving accident at 22, is a moving one, and he deserved a better tribute than this film. - 33
The A.V. Club
It doesn't help that the characters have so little to them. Weston plays Moriarty as such an unfailingly good, temptation-free kid that he only needs a halo floating above his pre-Raphaelite curls to complete the picture.
