“Soul Surfer” Bethany Meilani Hamilton is frequently ... Just 26 days after this life-altering event, she got back on her board. In 2005, only two years after her shark attack, Hamilton ...

To be honest, SOUL SURFER gets off to an iffy start, full of cheesy shots of beachy fun in the sun. The characters, especially Bethany's parents, seem one-dimensional and unrealistically saintly; they ...