Billabong Odyssey

Name: Billabong Odyssey
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sport, Documentary
Released: November 7, 2003
Duration: 88 min
Rating: 50
Cast: Ken Bradshaw, Ken Collins

2003

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Arenaplex Entertainment | Release Date: November 7, 2003 | PG

Starring: Ken Bradshaw, Ken Collins

Summary: This documentary follows the dramatic life-or-death adventures of a team of surfer/explorers who search the seven seas on the quest to find and ride the biggest wave on the planet.

Director: Philip Boston

Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Sport, Documentary

Rating: PG

Runtime: 88 min

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Peter Hartlaub

As exciting to watch as any Warren Miller ski film, Billabong Odyssey also has the sensibility of a good PBS documentary. Read full review

Frank Scheck

While Billabong Odyssey ultimately resembles an infomercial more than a coherent cinematic exercise, its spectacular images of well-toned athletes battling with the world's largest waves should find a receptive audience of those so inclined. Read full review

Dennis Harvey

Narrower focus may lend this less crossover appeal than "Step Into Liquid," which was practically a recruitment poster for the surfing lifestyle. But such a tight focus might also make Billabong a repeat must-see for more dedicated boarders and wannabes. Read full review

Dave Kehr

With its emphasis on global positioning devices, Jet Skis and computer-designed surfboards, Mr. Boston's film is very much concerned with the stuff and very little with the spirit of professional surfing as practiced today. Read full review

Ed Halter

Pretty much everything here -- tow surfing, hydrofoil boards, token bit on women surfers -- already appeared in this summer's equally halfass "Step Into Liquid." Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Angel Cohn

The slim story gets swamped by the stunning visuals. Read full review

Megan Lehmann

Follows a narrative arc as choppy as a messy windswell, and the result is a dog's dinner of profiles, repetitive narration, safety tips and banal "insights" into the joys and dangers of cresting waves that sometimes reach 70 feet. Read full review

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