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HuffPost Review: Soul Surfer

Marshall Fine | Posted 06.08.2011

Marshall Fine

Director Sean McNamara's roots in TV -- shows such as That's So Raven -- are apparent. Even with Dennis Quaid, Helen Hunt and young AnnaSophia Robb as Bethany, Soul Surfer feels like a TV movie.

Just in Time for Halloween: The 10 Best Modern 'Direct-to-DVD' Horror Films

Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Scott Mendelson

The Children isn't the most violent film, nor the goriest or showiest. It haunts because it boils itself down to an unanswerable question: would you kill your own sick children to prevent them from killing you?