So, theres this movie, called Surf’s Up staring Shia LaBeouf from the movie Transformers. It is a movie about a Penguin who loves so surf. All of his friends and family think he is just wasting his life away, but he follows his dreams just as he was told to do by his idol Big Z(Jeffrey Bridges). Ten years before during a rough competition between Big Z and his rival Tank Evans(Diedrich Bader), ‘Z’ begins to lose to Evans, so he stages a crash and makes it appear that he is dead. But when Cody Maverick(Shia LaBeouf) comes to town to compete against Tank Evans in the “Big Z Memorial Surf Off” to pursue his life long dream of being as great as Big Z, he meets a new inspiration along the way.

The movie is adorable. It has some adult humor in it, so it doesn’t completely bore the parents viewing the film. It is a TOTALLY child friendly movie, and its also inspiring. Yes, a cartoon about penguins inspires people. which include me. It teaches children to never give up, and if you don’t know how to lose, then you shouldn’t be able to win. ‘Cuz no one likes a sore winner.

I think it is important for films that are made for small children to have an overall message. Things like, “never give up” or “follow your heart”, you know, stuff like that. Because children are the future, and we don’t want them to give up and never do what they want to truly do in life as adults. It think this movie the PERFECT for a family movie night. Its beyond perfect for young children. I could honestly watch this movie a thousand times, and still think that it’s amazing.

-Loula

Loula is a guest writer for Random Review Crew. More of her life’s observations can be found at loulaspace.com