Prior to seeing this documentary, I had followed Bethany's story the same way many people have: watching the biography movie Soul Surfer, reading her Book and watching interviews on media platforms. I was very excited & intrigued to see this documentary and went in with high hopes to learn more back story and see her compete in surfing competition's. Now, there is plenty footage of her competing, but she loses them all for various reasons and doesn't even qualify for any of them and is invited as a "Wild Card", which seemed like code for sympathy invite. We learn throughout the documentary that Bethany has numerous financial obligations and contracts with different companies & sponsors, and could not try to live the life of a world traveling spokesmodel, and try to become a top level athlete & professional surfer at the same time. Her surfer skills plummet, she falls behind her friends that she grew up with and competed against and openly admits that she knows she can't live a double life and hates doing interviews & answers her fans questions because they "bum her out big time". All this documentary does is shed light on someone who has major narcissistic tendencies & believes she is better than all her peers in the surfing world, even though she loses to them repeatedly in open competitions that her peers all put in the work and effort to qualify for on their own merit, and that Bethany was invited to participate in as a "wild card", which I described above. Even though I thought this documentary was terrible and a big propaganda filled infomercial, I am glad I saw it and now know the Truth about who Bethany really is as an adult, a person & so called professional athlete, even though she never actually goes pro or wins anything. Overall, it is a huge disappointment and a waste of 90mins.
Review of Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable
