Stewart's documentary is seldom less than compelling in its quest to raise international awareness about a situation that is threatening to put sharks on the endangered list.

| Sep 22, 2020

It's hard not to admire a man with such admiration for the obscure, but Grizzly Man did it much better.

| Original Score: 37/100 | Sep 18, 2009

If the film sometimes gets choppy, the filmmaker's passion for the subject and the disturbing revelations to be gained from watching the film make it more than worthwhile.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 30, 2009

It's a film you come away from feeling that you should get out there on the streets and start marching for sharks.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | May 15, 2008

Here's a documentary with teeth and a bite that should leave a nasty scar on the conscience of the illegal fishermen who continue to brutally plunder sharks for their fins %u2013 and those ignorant fools who consume shark fins

| May 12, 2008

With its stunning photography this would be a righteous and magnificent documentary were it not for the on-camera presence of film-maker Rob Stewart, marine biology's answer to Tom Cruise.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 22, 2008

Planet Earth saturation and the bludgeoning political stance pull it down, but it's still a consistently engaging, partly thrilling look at a misunderstood species.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 22, 2008

Stewart's 'personal journey' format isn't entirely successful, and verges on the egotistical, but the message of this film, and the imagery and statistics it tells it with, is angry, credible and worthwhile.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Feb 22, 2008

Stewart's point is that the shark fin industry, in its short-sighted quest for financial gain, may trigger an ecological disaster beyond the extinction of the sharks themselves. This is depressing, but important, stuff.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 22, 2008

Faintly egotistical biologist-turned-filmmaker Rob Stewart spent four years making this investigative doc and the result, despite his tendency towards over-earnest, stoner-esque commentary, is enlightening, shocking and more than a little worrying.

| Original Score: 3/6 | Feb 22, 2008

Stewart, a Toronto-based marine biologist and underwater photographer, makes up for in passion what he lacks in narrative subtlety.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 1, 2008

Features beautiful underwater photography and a stirring call to action.

| Original Score: B+ | Jan 23, 2008

Cautionary environmental documentary that asserts there's more to sharks than "Jaws."

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10 | Jan 23, 2008

ecological alarm clock once again rings in 2007

| Original Score: B | Dec 15, 2007

An amateurish but enjoyable and informative piece correcting all the misconceptions we might have about sharks.

| Original Score: B+ | Dec 11, 2007

Sharkwater delivers an important message, and its underwater photography is breathtaking. But Stewart lessens the impact by focusing much too much on himself. Did he really have to go into detail about his own health problems?

| Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 3, 2007

Sharkwater is fascinating both as political statement and beautifully filmed documentary.

| Nov 3, 2007

Undersea photographer Rob Stewart, who directed, wrote, narrated, stars in, and helped shoot Sharkwater, really, really loves sharks. He also fears for their future on the planet. His lively documentary makes you see why, on both counts.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 2, 2007

Dazzling underwater photography. Compromises story/entertainment for message.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 2, 2007

This beautiful and horrifying debut feature by the underwater cameraman Rob Stewart of Toronto characterizes the depletion of the world's shark population as an ecological catastrophe with dire consequences for humanity.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 | Nov 2, 2007