Jaws III

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Jaws III

PG

1983

1h 37m

Mystery & Thriller

Horror

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After a young great white shark finds its way into a sea-themed park managed by Calvin Bouchard (Louis Gossett Jr.), workers try to capture it. But the facility's attempt to keep the shark in captivity has dire consequences: A much larger mother shark appears in search of its offspring. Among those who must battle the angry aquatic killing machine are marine biologist Kathryn Morgan (Bess Armstrong), her co-worker Mike Brody (Dennis Quaid) and a pair of friendly dolphins.

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Critics Consensus

A cheese-soaked ocean thriller with no evident reason to exist, Jaws 3 bellows forth with a plaintive yet ultimately unheeded cry to put this franchise out of viewers' misery.

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Matt Singer

ScreenCrush

10/14/2018

3/10

No movie with Dennis Quaid holding a basset hound's ears to keep them out of his water bowl while pouring himself some coffee can be all bad. Jaws 3-D comes pretty close.

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Variety Staff

Variety

12/10/2007

Surprisingly tepid.

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Derek Adams

Time Out

06/24/2006

Put in a baking tray, gas mark 7, and enjoy a turkey.

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John Stark

Mac the Movie Guy

Jul 27

24/100

Jaws was like getting an expertly crafted chocolate cake from a Michelin star chef, and the third film is like getting one of those Lil Debbie Cosmic Brownies and pretending those two things are remotely similar in quality.

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Jesse Hassenger

Decider

06/24/2025

Jaws 3 is a pretty bad movie.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

04/27/2025

1.5/4

Laughable.

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Michael R.

@RT40128052 Jun 1

It was absolute garbage!

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Canon W.

@RT40847707 May 29

Its definitely a low point in the Jaws franchise, that shouldent even be a franchise, But not the worst. The CGI looks horrendous, but in a kind of funny and entertaining way. Definitely a entertaining film, unlike Jaws: The Revenge, but that still doesent make it a good movie.

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John K

@WQCMI May 27

The 3-D effects are terrible and the 2-D version looks like it was ripped from a VHS copy because there's a lot of green and purple outlines on some objects and it hurts my eyes.

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Brent A.

@BrentAprill45 May 4

10% rating ... This film was all around bad. Storyline was dumb and filled with plot holes. Acting was bad. CGI was atrocious. Definitely does not live up to the original.

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Alexandru D

@RT67764378 May 1

Why? Why did they maked this? Atleast it's not as bad as jaws the revange

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Nate L

@RT24267267 Mar 29

It's a 2-star movie but Lea Thompson's performance adds another star.

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Joe Alves

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Michael "Mike" Brody

Bess Armstrong

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Simon MacCorkindale

Philip FitzRoyce

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Synopsis

After a young great white shark finds its way into a sea-themed park managed by Calvin Bouchard (Louis Gossett Jr.), workers try to capture it. But the facility's attempt to keep the shark in captivity has dire consequences: A much larger mother shark appears in search of its offspring. Among those who must battle the angry aquatic killing machine are marine biologist Kathryn Morgan (Bess Armstrong), her co-worker Mike Brody (Dennis Quaid) and a pair of friendly dolphins.

Director: Joe Alves
Producer: Rupert Hitzig
Screenwriter: Richard Matheson, Carl Gottlieb
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Universal Pictures, Alan Landsburg Productions
Rating: PG
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 22, 1983, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 11, 2015
Runtime: 1h 37m
Sound Mix: Surround