Dead Calm Reviews
July 2, 2020
The best kind of shabby little shocker.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
March 24, 2014
A remarkable breakout for Nicole Kidman, who gives this feminist thriller everything it deserves, and more.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
October 18, 2008
Though not always entirely credible, Dead Calm is a nail-biting suspense pic [from the novel by Charles Williams] handsomely produced and inventively directed.
February 25, 2007
Original Score: 3/5
September 4, 2006
Original Score: 4/5
March 3, 2006
One of the best thrillers of our time....it'll leave your gasping for air
Original Score: 4/5
January 26, 2006
A classic piece of pared-down genre film-making is lent extra depth by an emotional subtext stressing Kidman's transition from dependent wife to resourceful individual.
December 5, 2005
Fun, scary and suspensful from start to finish.
Original Score: 5/5
October 8, 2005
One of the better yuppies-in-jeopardy thrillers of the late '80s and early '90s.
Original Score: 4/5
July 4, 2005
Original Score: 4/5
February 5, 2005
Original Score: 4/5
December 28, 2004
Original Score: 3/5
July 2, 2004
Original Score: 4/5
June 16, 2004
Original Score: 3/5
April 3, 2004
Great thriller with two excellent actors!
Original Score: 4/5
December 30, 2003
Edgy cinematography keeps the tension coming like waves.
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| Original Score: C
November 15, 2003
Original Score: 4/5
November 14, 2003
Original Score: 8/10
May 20, 2003
"Dead Calm" ... becomes disturbing for all the wrong reasons.
March 21, 2003
A gripping three-character film that plays out like Hitchcock on the High Seas.
Original Score: 4/5