A biopic about the young surfer Bethany Hamilton, who lost her arm to a shark when she was 13 years old, is going to have to confront one delicate question: how to depict the attack? The folks who ...

Matt Goldberg has been an editor with Collider since 2007. As the site's Chief Film Critic, he has authored hundreds of reviews and covered major film festivals including the Toronto International ...

Review of the movie adaptation of surfer Bethany Hamilton's memoir, a story about how her devout faith helps her bounce back after losing an arm in a shark attack (at 13 in real life). Soul Surfer ...

We enter Soul Surfer knowing one thing: this is a movie about a young surfer girl whose arm is bitten off by a shark. If we have heard the story of Bethany Hamilton before — seen her on her TV ...

This is not to knock Soul Surfer for sticking to the courage of its convictions. For, indeed, it was the faith and family values instilled in teenage surfer Bethany Hamilton from an early age that ...

This past week I had the opportunity to attend a pre-screening of a very inspiring movie called “Soul Surfer.” The story is based on the life of Bethany Hamilton, a gifted young surfer who suffered a ...