Surfing means everything to teenage penguin Cody Maverick (Shia LaBeouf). Followed by a documentary film crew, he leaves his home in Antarctica for Pen Gu Island, site of the the Big Z Memorial Surf Off. Cody wants to be respected and admired, and he believes that winning the competition will bring him what he craves. However, an encounter with washed-up surfer Geek (Jeff Bridges) teaches Cody about what is truly important.
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Recent ads for the penguin movie "Surf's Up" call it "one of the most original animated films ever," which is kind of laughable, right? Didn't we just go through this with the singing and dancing penguins of "Happy Feet," and before that with the Special Ops commando penguins of "Madagascar"? (Full review)