Open Water
2003, Mystery & thriller, 1h 19m
196 Reviews 50,000+ RatingsWhat to know
A low budget thriller with some intense moments. Read critic reviews
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Cast & Crew
Susan
Daniel
Seth
Estelle
Davis
Linda
Critic Reviews for Open Water
All Critics (196) | Top Critics (47) | Fresh (140) | Rotten (56)
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Open Water is being touted as one of the most frightening films to chomp into your psyche for a long time, but either I'm secretly being fed sedatives or this is a case of good old hype meets collective hysteria.
January 9, 2018 | Full Review… -
As it dawns on the couple that they've slipped several links down the food chain, you're right there with them.
September 11, 2004 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review… -
Open Water is terrifying on a purely primal level. In a fear-of-the-dark, monsters-under-the-bed way, it twangs nerves forgotten since childhood.
September 8, 2004 | Rating: 4/5 -
There are no Hollywood heroes in these waters, only two regular people ... plus you and me, huddling in the dark.
August 20, 2004 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… -
Sharks are nature's most efficient killing machines. Open Water, which co-stars sharks, is the summer cinema's most efficient scaring machine.
August 20, 2004 | Rating: 4/5 -
Considered in its ham-handed entirety, Open Water feels more of an exercise in cinematic sadism.
August 20, 2004 | Rating: 2.5/4
Audience Reviews for Open Water
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Oct 15, 2020Based on a real story, a diver's worst nightmare.Mark B Super Reviewer
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Sep 11, 2019If you like Extreme EXTREME Close Ups filmed on an iPod Shuffle, then oo boy do I have the film for you.Gimly M Super Reviewer
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Jul 22, 2017Open water made a big splash (Ha ha) on the film circuit in 2004, and it's other simplicity allows it to retain it's progressively deepening feelings of dread and terror. The setting couldn't be more sparse - aryoung couple take a scuba diving vacation, only to find that their boat and all of its other passengers have disappeared when they resurface. They are uncertain that they're in the right spot, and to make matters worse, Night is approaching and a study current is pushing them out to sea where sharks are lurking beneath the waves ...... This is not a found footage film (thankfully) but the Internet close-ups and having the camera frequently bobbing in the water creates the same effect of putting you right there in their flippers, heightening the growing sense of dread. The two principal actors do an admirable job under very difficult conditions, even getting to drop a few lines of droll gallows humor. This is a horror film that attacks the psyche over the eyeballs.Doctor S Super Reviewer
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Jun 10, 2017Surprisingly freaky for such a simple concept. Well executed!Ed K Super Reviewer
Open Water Quotes
| Seth: | Let's swim out of this puke. |
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