The Shallows (2016)

The Shallows (2016)

2016 PG-13 87 Minutes

Horror | Drama | Thriller

An injured surfer stranded on a buoy needs to get back to shore, but the great white shark stalking her might have other ideas.

Overall Rating

7 / 10
Verdict: Good
  • Elite Reviewer
    Chris

    Chris

    8 / 10
    The Shallows was one of my most anticipated films of the year, and it didn't disappoint! The Shallows is a simple movie, but that is ok because of 3 reasons: First, the special effects were really great, and it had me completely convinced the shar... Read the full review »
  • guideandrade

    guideandrade

    8 / 10
    The Shallows is a short and focused story about one woman's fight to survive an attack from a "larger than life" shark. It offers some of the best cinematography of the of the year (no doubt that both the beautiful location and Blake Lively hersel... Read the full review »
  • Manny_In_LoFi

    Manny_In_LoFi

    6 / 10
    Ok, so I'm giving THE SHALLOWS a 6 out of 10, but its a solid 6.9! THE SHALLOWS, starring Blake Lively, is a 90-minute that has a plot so thin, you can fit it on two pages if it were a comic book. A young woman, Nancy, arrives to a secluded, yet... Read the full review »
  • When the last trailer for this film was realeased, it quickly became one of my most anticipated for the summer. After seeing it, it was definitely worth my time. This is a great thriller! To start, the proformance from Blake Lively was superb. She... Read the full review »
  • The comeback for shark films and Blake Lively, The Shallows follows Nancy who travels to an unknown beach to surf...however she is shortly confronted by cinema's most dangerous sea creature, a Great White Shark. Throughout the years we've had mast... Read the full review »
  • Elite Reviewer
    We're not going to pretend this movie is "The Godfather," because it's not, but it is a really fun, engaging, wholly terrifying summer action flick that will you thinking twice leavebefore taking your next dip into the ocean... Read the full review »
  • One thing Jaume Collet-Serra is good at is to grab moviegoers in his semi-disposable popcorn thrills. From his work in "Orphan" to his "Liam-Neeson-Kicking-ass" trilogy, he has become a Hollywood vehicle for suspense movies. And this brings us to... Read the full review »
  • j_peffer

    j_peffer

    7 / 10
    The Shallows tells the story of Nancy, a college medical student who travels to a secluded beach that was one of the favorite spots of her late mother. Nancy arrives and immediately sees it as the paradise that her mother always told her it was an... Read the full review »