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Chasing Mavericks
MEANRANK
65/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3111
- IMDb #2067
- Google retired #231
- Rotten Tomatoes #3666
- Metacritic #4029
- Letterboxd #1806
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #4634
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2592
- Metacritic Critics #3882
- Metacritic Audience #4003
- Criticker #2214
- Kinopoisk #419
- AlloCiné #752
- Trakt #2229
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 32, highest is Google on 96. Critics average 38, everyone else 71.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Based on a true story, a young surfer discovers that the mythic Mavericks surf break, home to massive waves, is real and close to his home. He seeks out a reclusive local legend who knows the break better than anyone to teach him how to survive it. Their training becomes a life lesson in focus, dedication, and respecting the power of the ocean.
Details
- Directors
- Curtis Hanson, Michael Apted
- Writers
- Brandon Hooper, Jim Meenaghan, Kario Salem
- Released
- 25 October 2012
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Rated
- PG
- Box office
- $7.9M
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Cast
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