The Surfer (1986 film)

The film was invited to screen at the Directors Fortnight segment of the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.^[3][4]

Reviewing for the Sydney Morning Herald David Stratton called it "a good, old-fashioned chase thriller", giving it a positive review but noting "the pacing isn't maintained throughout, and the music is sometimes inaptly used. But it is a rollicking good adventure yarn, made by a film-maker who knows just what he's doing."^[5] Rob Lowing of the Sun-Herald gave it 2 1/2 stars and writes "The Surfer is a rough diamond of a film which still needs a little polishing here and there."^[6] The Canberra Times' Dougal Macdonald criticised the films "trite" dialogue, the "dumb" characters and the "absurd" plot and says "The Surfer is one to avoid unless you are a masochist who finds satisfaction in irrational cliches that are so over-the-top they end up being unintentionally funny."^[7]

• The Surfer at IMDb
• The Surfer at Oz Movies
• The Surfer (1986) at Australian Screen

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