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Lean and solidly crafted, The Shallows transcends tired shark-attack tropes with nasty thrills and a powerful performance from Blake Lively.
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About half of what is now going on in all cinema is the product of technological advances in film-making and The Shallows makes much more intelligent use of them than the superheroes do. August 14, 2016 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
About half of what is now going on in all cinema is the product of technological advances in film-making and The Shallows makes much more intelligent use of them than the superheroes do.
David Sexton
If you're looking for a short, sharp hit of sun-soaked adrenaline (and who isn't?), you won't do any better than The Shallows. August 11, 2016 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
If you're looking for a short, sharp hit of sun-soaked adrenaline (and who isn't?), you won't do any better than The Shallows.
Kevin Maher
Lively's melodramatic power remains untapped. July 5, 2016 | Full Review…
Lively's melodramatic power remains untapped.
Richard Brody
The Shallows is almost a good movie. June 26, 2016 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
The Shallows is almost a good movie.
James Berardinelli
You're gonna need a bigger Blake (and you're going to get one) in Lively's enjoyably trashy shark-survival movie, the definition of summer fun. June 24, 2016 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
You're gonna need a bigger Blake (and you're going to get one) in Lively's enjoyably trashy shark-survival movie, the definition of summer fun.
Joshua Rothkopf
A splash of fresh seawater in the face of a rather dismal summer movie season. It's very cheesy, which is how escapist summer cinema should be, and part of its charm is that it's not self-reflective enough to be aware of its own cheesiness. June 24, 2016 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
A splash of fresh seawater in the face of a rather dismal summer movie season. It's very cheesy, which is how escapist summer cinema should be, and part of its charm is that it's not self-reflective enough to be aware of its own cheesiness.
Katie Walsh
The Shallows is a well-made summer treat. It has plentiful suspense, just enough gore, and a main character that's as tough as a coral reef. The film does what it needs to do, and it does it swiftly and brutally. February 13, 2020 | Full Review…
The Shallows is a well-made summer treat. It has plentiful suspense, just enough gore, and a main character that's as tough as a coral reef. The film does what it needs to do, and it does it swiftly and brutally.
Tim Brennan
A bit too shallow in the grand scheme of filmmaking and the shark genre, The Shallows is nevertheless fun popcorn fare. November 3, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
A bit too shallow in the grand scheme of filmmaking and the shark genre, The Shallows is nevertheless fun popcorn fare.
Debbie Lynn Elias
A simple enough idea to work, yet too simple enough to be entirely memorable, The Shallows still made for a pretty good watch. September 7, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
A simple enough idea to work, yet too simple enough to be entirely memorable, The Shallows still made for a pretty good watch.
Kate Rodger
The Shallows makes the most of its familiar premise to deliver a thrilling and tense tale of survival grounded by a great lead performance by Blake Lively. August 7, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
The Shallows makes the most of its familiar premise to deliver a thrilling and tense tale of survival grounded by a great lead performance by Blake Lively.
Karl Delossantos
Nevertheless, Lively is really good, the ocean looks gorgeous and the survival scenes... were gripping. April 12, 2019 | Rating: B- | Full Review…
Nevertheless, Lively is really good, the ocean looks gorgeous and the survival scenes... were gripping.
Rachel Wagner
The Shallows isn't terrible or excruciating. In fact, it's an unexpectedly solid piece of entertainment. February 19, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
The Shallows isn't terrible or excruciating. In fact, it's an unexpectedly solid piece of entertainment.
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