One and a half stars out of four. Watching "Soul Surfer," the story of Bethany Hamilton's comeback after a shark attack, makes you long for a vivid documentary on the subject instead ...

She became friends with Bethany Hamilton, the champion surfer whose arm was bitten off by a shark. The movie "Soul Surfer", starring ... After the attack, Bethany lost more than 60-percent of ...

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Sure enough, 22 minutes into “Soul Surfer,” there’s a shark attack. In a moving ... In many ways, the movie turns “Lifetime Original Movie” as Bethany recovers. She’s a tough kid ...

Watching “Soul Surfer,” the story of Bethany Hamilton’s comeback after a shark attack, makes you long for a vivid documentary on the subject instead — preferably one of those excellent ...

“Soul Surfer” is a feel-good dramatization of ... Director Sean McNamara and his team of writers wisely underplay the shark attack; in the compelling immediate aftermath, Bethany bobs on ...

An uninspired movie about an inspiring event, Sean McNamara’s “Soul Surfer” is the story of teenage surfer Bethany Hamilton, who in 2003 lost her arm in a shark attack yet went on to become ...

The new trailer for Soul Surfer — which EW is debuting exclusively ... But anyone familiar with Bethany’s true story knows what comes next: A shark takes a liking to her left arm, derailing ...

Hamilton, whose story was documented in the 2011 feature film Soul Surfer, was surfing with Blanchard and her father on Halloween 2003 when a 14-foot tiger shark bit off her arm. Blanchard says ...

The movie “Soul Surfer’’ documented the story of Bethany Hamilton, a professional surfer whose left arm was bitten off in a shark attack in 2003. In 2015, during the finals of a pro surfing ...

Watching "Soul Surfer," the story of Bethany Hamilton's comeback after a shark attack, makes you long for a vivid documentary on the subject instead — preferably one of those excellent "30 for ...