Summary
Previously untold story of the unlikely Irish roots of the worldwide surfing phenomenom
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences a little warmer than critics (+8)
Critics 56Audiences 64GoodWatch 59
Tomatometer56%
IMDb6.8
Audience score59%
Running time
1 h 20 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 thrillers, −24 min on the typical 104
typical 10480Half of all thrillers run 94–118 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country, rent or buy in 26 more
Released
2008
January 1, 2008
18 years ago
Genres
ThrillerDocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Directing · 1
- Joel Conroy Director
Production · 1
- Margo Harkin Producer
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