PREVIEW: Girls Can’t Surf (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

(as themselves) Jolene Smith, Jorja Smith Harmon, Jodie Cooper, Frieda Zamba, Pam Burridge, Wendy Botha, Pauline Menczer, Ian Cairns, Nick Carroll, Jamie Brisick, Alisa Schwarzstein-Cairns, Nat Young, Bonnie Crail, Rochelle Ballard, Graham Cassidy, Lisa Andersen, Layne Beachley, Stephanie Gilmore, Sophie Goldschmidt

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Christopher Nelius (Storm Surfers, Dangerous Banks), director, writer, producer; Julie-Anne De Ruvo (film debut), writer, editor; Michaela Perske (88), producer; Haydn Walker (Observance), composer; Anna Howard (South Solitary), cinematographer

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In the 1980s, the male-dominated world of professional surfing is shaken by the arrival of a group of renegade female surfers, who set out to achieve equality and change the nature of the sport forever…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Despite what the title might say, girls can indeed surf and are more than capable of riding waves as any man, as this fun and engaging sports documentary sets out to prove.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 19TH AUGUST 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

Did you like this preview? Want to be updated on all the new releases every week?

Sign up to our e-mail service today, and get our latest reviews and previews sent straight to your inbox!

Search from over ten years of movies here:

Other recent reviews:

Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 (dir. Emma Tammi)

The possessed animatronics of Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza return for more violence…

Jay Kelly (dir. Noah Baumbach)

A famous actor and his loyal manager embark on a tender journey…

Eternity (dir. David Freyne)

A love triangle in the afterlife…

Oh. What. Fun. (dir. Michael Showalter)

An overworked mother leaves her family on their own for Christmas…

It Was Just an Accident (dir. Jafar Panahi)

In Iran, a chance encounter with his former captor leads a mechanic on a moral crusade…

Blue Moon (dir. Richard Linklater)

In 1943, troubled lyricist Lorenz Hart contemplates his stalled career…

Christy (dir. David Michôd)

Christy Martin rises to prominence in women’s boxing…

Left-Handed Girl (dir. Shih-Ching Tsou)

In Taiwan, a single mother and her two young daughters open a night market stall in the city of Taipei…

Pillion (dir. Harry Lighton)

An introverted young man enters a BDSM relationship with a mysterious biker…

Zootropolis 2 (dirs. Jared Bush and Byron Howard)

In the animal-populated city of Zootropolis, Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde take on a new case…

Optimized by Optimole