I can't even swim in the deep end of a pool without wondering if a chlorine-resistant fresh water shark attack from below.  My non-negotiable fear of sharks, combined with a crippling lack of physical coordination, has kept me from ever attempting to surf.  Both my irrational fear and unmanly spastic tendencies have a stark counterpoint in professional surfer Bethany Hamilton, who overcame a shark attack and tremendous physical obstacles to achieve even greatness as a champion surfer.  Her story has become a film, Soul Surfer, starring AnnaSophia Robb, Helen Hunt, Dennis Quaid, Craig T. Nelson, and Carrie Underwood, in her cinematic debut.

Synopsis: Bobby Walker is living the American dream: great job, beautiful family, shiny Porsche in the garage. When corporate downsizing leaves him and co-workers Phil Woodward and Gene McClary jobless, the three men are forced to re-define their lives as men, husbands, and fathers. Bobby soon finds himself enduring enthusiastic life coaching, a job building houses for his brother-in-law which does not play to his executive skill set, and perhaps the realization that there is more to life than chasing the bigger, better deal.