The Shallows

After a summer glutted with films pushing punishing, redundant set pieces on grand scales, we finally have a film that is patient, atmospheric, and that delights in delivering escalating thrills of a smaller but more valuable variety.

An efficiently preposterous thriller.

The movie is not going to make anyone forget “Jaws,” but it delivers the kind of breathless tension that justifies its existence.

While this nailbiter sure as hell ain't swimming in the same classic waters as "Jaws," it gets the jolting job done.

Mr. Collet-Serra’s busy visual style, which uses a lot of fast-cutting, willy-nilly variations between slow and fast motion, and illogical but vivid point-of-view shots, seems at least somewhat apt under the exhilarating circumstances.

The climactic battle of wits between human and shark leads to a conclusion that got the audience whooping pretty good. The rest of it's OK.

Shallow is a mild word for it. Others would be silly, miscalculated, unconvincing, artless, pandering, hokey, ridiculous. Or just plain awful.

Really enjoyed this movie! I've been waiting for a shark movie that is actually scary. Most movies shark related are B movies like Sharknado but this one is actually scary. I'd put this on the list with the Jaws series and Deep Blue Sea as actually good shark movies. Worthwhile to watch if you like shark movies!

Ich bin Fischfutter, klasse Hauptdarstellerin, liebenswert und blond fotografiert. Hang on …

Tense and well played but somewhat disfigured by the totally impossible ending. Great performance by the lead actress. Great looking shark, somewhat too intelligent probably, but hey it's a movie.

Nothing to see here. No plot, no room for enjoyable acting/character development, and absolutely no tension. Even the setup is ridiculous, there is a fresh whale carcass floating nearby, but the shark rather **** about trying to eat the pretty girl...Ptah!

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]