Soul Surfer’ balances tricky aspects of reality-based, Christian-theme story

 

Published: April 8, 2011

Discerning film fans of faith finally get the uplifting Christian-themed movie they’ve been praying for with “Soul Surfer.”

The truly inspirational surfing biopic deftly and delicately balances several tricky aspects on its crowd-pleasing ride. It’s an underdog sports story that manages to avoid some of the genre’s rougher cliches, a real-life tale of courage and fortitude that keeps its feet even in its corn...


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