by Derek Packard
The newly released movie, "Soul Surfer," is an inspirational true story about a girl who is a surfer in Hawaii. The story implies many religious views as well as quotes several scripture from the bible. The true story is based of a girl named Bethany Hamilton and the struggles her and her family experience due to a tragic run in with a shark.
Bethany was in the middle of a great surfing rise, she was heading into the Junior National tournament. During one of her training sessions she was attacked by a shark. The attack made her lose one of her arms and for ever took certain abilities away. At first Bethany will struggle, both physically and mentally with the attack. She even begins to suffer spiritually.
Thanks though to some help from a youth pastor her family and several other members of the community she is able to get back up on the surf board and do her best with what she has. During the climax of the movie strong spiritual moments are enforced. If you are offended by spiritual actions, then you will not want to watch the climax of this movie.
Overall I would give this movie an A. It was put together extremely well and is a true story. I would recommend this movie to both the religious as well as non religious, because it is something that people need to see. It shows how strong a girl was through one of the most difficult times in her life and was able to make the best out of it and try to continue on with out even her self physically holding her back.
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