Surf's Up: The Joy of Sport

We live in a neighborhood where trophies abound on shelves, first-graders wait for spots to open in soccer leagues, and top-notch public high schools send a steady stream of jocks to Ivy League colleges. That might be why our family loved Sony's animated movie Surf's Up.

The film uses the power of good storytelling to remind us that sports were created primarily for fun and friendship, not triumphs and trophies. A fun, witty, well-edited hero's journey, Surf's Up  features the voice talents of Shia LaBeouf and Jon Heder, making it a PG movie that works for the whole family -- even the deluded teen who's convinced that a "cool" movie has to have a PG-13 rating.