European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 24, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 14 scene stars and stripes june 2007 q c to Columbia pictures Lani voiced by Zooey left and Cody Maverick voiced by shia right make Waves in surfs two flippers up despite return of surfs up Worth the Effort what the world needs now is not another Penguin it would following the animated Happy feet and the documentary March of the both Oscar As Well As the spoof farce of the penguins and movies like Madagascar in which penguins steal the but surfs up is so different from its and so different from the slew of animated films that have come out in the past couple of its hard not to be the movie has a totally inspired vibe it plays like a Christopher guest style Complete with Deadpan improvised dialogue and handheld camera work or its Chi in going behind the scenes at the big z memorial surf off on pen go directors and co writers Chris Buck and Ash Brannon Story allow us to see a Boom 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were Able to look at each react to each talk Over each their interplay feels More Zooey Deschanel is likable easy go As As the sarcastic life guard who becomes the object of Codys Chaste James Woods is Deacon As the opportunistic surf promoter with Mario Cantone As his ingratiating and Jon Heder gets a couple of laughs As Codys new Chicken the Only surfer in the midwestern town of other lifelike touches include the great attention to detail in the Sun Shine and the Way the wind blows through the Trees or Penguin flippers leave prints in the by now those Are a considering eve improving even More is the authentic looking Archive footage of old school All faded and As if it really had been shot in a great effect in which the supposed camera emerges from underneath a wave with drops of water on the very so perhaps some themes in the script also co written by Don Rhymer and Christopher Jenkins Are a bit too Cody is an unknown under dog against All finds himself at the front of the 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