Surf's Up (2007)

Bias Rating

Analyzing...

Center

Viewer Rating

Rating: 6.9

Overview

This story follows a teenage rock hopper penguin named Cody Maverick from his hometown of Shiverpool, Antarctica, where all of the other penguins think he's nothing but a surfing fool, to the "Big Z Memorial Surf Off" on...

Starring Cast

Shia LaBeouf • Zooey Deschanel • Jon Heder

Where to watch

Prime Video

Apple TV

Google Play

Bias Dimensions

Political: Center

Diversity: Moderate

Overview

Starring Cast

Shia LaBeouf • Zooey Deschanel • Jon Heder

Where to watch

Prime Video

Apple TV

Google Play

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...

Center

Primary

Political: CenterConfidence: High

The film focuses on universal themes of personal growth, mentorship, and the pursuit of passion, critiquing superficiality and commercialism without aligning with a specific political ideology. The decisive factor is the film's apolitical subject matter and its emphasis on individual character development as the solution to the central conflict.

Diversity: ModerateConfidence: High

The movie features anthropomorphic animal characters, which inherently sidesteps human racial or gender-based casting considerations. Its narrative is a traditional underdog story centered on a male penguin's journey, without any explicit critique of traditional identities or central DEI themes.

Secondary

LGBTQ: N/AConfidence: High

Surf's Up is an animated film centered on a surfing competition among penguins. The narrative does not include any discernible LGBTQ+ characters, relationships, or themes, leading to an N/A rating for LGBTQ+ portrayal.

FemPower: NoConfidence: High

The film focuses on surfing competitions and character development, not physical combat. No female characters are depicted engaging in or winning close-quarters physical fights against male opponents.

Gender Swap: NoConfidence: High

Surf's Up is an original animated film featuring new characters created specifically for the movie. There is no pre-existing source material, historical figures, or prior installments from which characters' genders could have been swapped.

Race Swap: NoConfidence: High

Surf's Up is an original animated film featuring anthropomorphic penguins. There are no human characters with established racial identities from prior source material or history that could be subject to a race swap.