The fact is that Peter Yates has knocked himself out doing masterly underwater action sequences and aquatic stunts in the service of a woefully crummy book.

| Apr 23, 2025

Everyone should be generally satisfied with it, and no one thoroughly entertained.

| May 5, 2023

...a potentially-stirring thriller that should’ve topped out at around an hour and a half...

| Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 26, 2023

A soggy adventure tale.

| May 23, 2022

Get past the Jaws connections and The Deep is a good, but not great, underwater adventure with fleeting moments of excitement to keep you invested

| Sep 19, 2020

Indeed, the underwater sequences are some of the best I've seen and easily the highlight of what is an entertaining action film.

| Sep 10, 2020

A sleepy, somewhat clunky ramble bookended by memorable scenes.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Sep 4, 2020

In the end, like too many other recent thrillers, it is a triumph of matter over mind, but at least it holds your interest while you are watching it.

| Nov 1, 2019

What you will come up with is good, solid, suspenseful entertainment that the whole family can go to, and you really have to search Deep to find that today.

| Oct 23, 2019

The Deep is an interesting action movie that manages to keep us at the edge of our seats for an hour and a half. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Jul 26, 2019

The only thing deep about this thriller is the big budget.

| Original Score: C+ | Jun 22, 2017

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 11, 2013

This trashy underwater thriller, based on Benchley (Jaws) best-seller, was one of the year's most popular films, despite negative reviews.

| Original Score: C | Aug 11, 2012

a memorable ride back to the shaggy '70s, and more than a little harrowing one.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 14, 2009

The Deep doesn't exactly give you the bends, but when you come up for air you realize that this was one cinematic dive that could have been deeper . . . and better edited.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Jul 2, 2009

Oh Jacqui Bisset, oh Jacqui.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 11, 2008

The story, as well as Peter Yate's direction of it, is juvenile without being in any attractive way innocent, but the underwater sequences are nice enough, alternately beautiful and chilling.

| May 9, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 26, 2004

A sleek and empty vessel, inspired not by Jaws but by the boxoffice for Jaws.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Jul 8, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 23, 2003