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TRUST WEIGHTED	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good	Risqué	Glib
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Wick 66 Trust Points Read Full Review » Trust This Reviewer WikChip - Image The famous cover shot of Jay Moriarity More » Created Nov 06, 2012 10:34PM PST Edited Oct 16, 2017 07:14PM PST	Very Good 3.5 Live Like Jay or even Of Men and Mavericks would have been a better title than Chasing Mavericks. Plain old *Mav… More »	Very Good 3.5 Gerard Butler's cruiserweight machismo works well in physical roles like this. Russell Crowe comes to mind, another ph… More »	Very Good 3.5 Vividly shot, the film serves as a celebration of Surf City. That said, it labors to amp up the cinematic flair, to th… More »	Risqué 1.7	Glib 1.2 Several plot elements are apparently fictionalized, including the dysfunction in Jay Moriarity's home life. However … More »
BrianSez 17 Trust Points Read Full Review » Trust This Reviewer WikChip - Empty Created Nov 11, 2012 06:58AM PST Edited Nov 11, 2012 06:58AM PST	Great 4.0 Chasing Mavericks puts a well honed Hollywood sports inspiration theme and applies it to the real life story of Jay Mor… More »	Good 3.0 Jonny Weston is the type of guy who actually reminds those not in the know, that there are good kids who surf. Heâ€™s r… More »	Great 4.0	Tame 1.3	Glib 1.6

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Wick
66 Trust Points
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Created Nov 06, 2012 10:34PM PST

Edited Oct 16, 2017 07:14PM PST

Very Good 3.5

Live Like Jay or even Of Men and Mavericks would have been a better title than Chasing Mavericks. Plain old *Mav…

Very Good 3.5

Gerard Butler's cruiserweight machismo works well in physical roles like this. Russell Crowe comes to mind, another ph…

Very Good 3.5

Vividly shot, the film serves as a celebration of Surf City. That said, it labors to amp up the cinematic flair, to th…

Risqué 1.7

Glib 1.2

Several plot elements are apparently fictionalized, including the dysfunction in Jay Moriarity's home life.

However …

BrianSez
17 Trust Points
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Created Nov 11, 2012 06:58AM PST

Edited Nov 11, 2012 06:58AM PST

Great 4.0

Chasing Mavericks puts a well honed Hollywood sports inspiration theme and applies it to the real life story of Jay Mor…

Good 3.0

Jonny Weston is the type of guy who actually reminds those not in the know, that there are good kids who surf. Heâ€™s r…

Great 4.0

Tame 1.3

Glib 1.6

Nov 7, 2012 7:49PM Wick	Regarding Wick’s Review She’ll love him as Frosty the Surfer in Mavericks.
Nov 7, 2012 8:56AM BrianSez	Regarding Wick’s Review Kelly had Gerard Butler on a flight to San Jose; He was on his way to a shoot. She’s not very excited about surfing, but she sure got excited about seeing Gerard. ;^)

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Genre	Drama Biography Surfing
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Protagonists	Surfers
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Period	1990s 1980s 2000s
Source	Actual Events
Location	Oceans NorCal

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