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The actor to really thrive within these confines, though, is Jeff Bridges, who puts on a lackadaisical demeanor to portray a penguin surfer whose best days are far behind him.

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Bader especially lends a unique layer of confident machismo to make sure that Tank doesn’t just become a generic iteration of a sports movie rival. Even better, the performers chosen for the various roles both fit this unique style of dialogue and are fun in their own right. The actors assembled here imbue talking penguins, otters, and chickens with a more naturalistic way of speaking that maintain little hiccups and imperfections in their dialogue deliveries.

The decision to capture Surf’s Up like it’s an organic story unfolding before the eyes of both audiences and a camera crew also informs the film’s memorable collection of voice work. The latter element proves especially amusing in a standout scene where adversarial surfer Tank ( Diedrich Bader) shows off his various trophies and their names to the camera crew. This affords lots of fun opportunities for unique bursts of comedy that you couldn’t do in a traditional animated feature, including cameras getting knocked over, mics slipping into the frame, or direct interviews with the fictional characters. Though it gets dropped for a handful of larger set pieces, Surf’s Up largely commits to emulating a documentary style of shooting within this penguin-populated world. RELATED: Exclusive Video Interviews from the SURF’S UP Premiere in Hawaii

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