Thank you for giving me the chills . # alive 2017 <| sep |>### Surf ' s Up 2007 Up % 282007 % 29 Animation , Comedy , Family , Sport , 1 h 25 min Shia LaBeouf , Jeff Bridges , Zooey Deschanel , Jon Heder Directors Ash Brannon , Chris BuckIMDb rating # movieguidestars # 9733 # 9733 # 9733 # 9733 # 9733 # 9733 # 9733 # 9734 # 9734 # 9734 6 . 810 53 , 786 votes The realitydocumentary follows Cody Maverick , a teenage Royal Penguin , and his friend Chicken Joe , as Cody leaves his hometown of Shiverpool , Antarctica , to participate in Big Z Memorial Surf Off competition commemorating deceased surfing star Big Z on Pen Gu Island . IMDbCritical reception Surf ' s Up has a 78 % approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 144 reviews the average rating is 6 . 710 . The site ' s consensus reads Surf ' s Up is a laidback , visually stunning animated movie that brings a fresh twist to some familiar conventions . Its witty mockumentary format is fun and inventive , and the CGI is breathtakingly realistic . Another review aggregator , Metacritic , gave the film a score of 64 out of 100 based on 26 reviews . WikipediaMore info at Up % 282007 % 29 , Surf % 27 s % 20 Up % 20 % 28 film % 29 , Rotten Tomatoes , , , . I am a bot . Send me feedback % 2 Fr % 2 FMovieGuidesubjectRe % 3 A % 20 Confidence 1 . 05 . Data sources and other i n f ormationrMovieGuidewabout .