The first time you see someone plunging into alien blackness is exciting, but the novelty soon wears off.

| May 30, 2018

Besson's deep-diving melodrama stresses its own depth-emotional, artistic, oceanic-while ping-ponging between its two lead frenemies.

| May 30, 2018

Such a total disaster that it would have been an act of kindness for all concerned to have never released it.

| Original Score: 0/5 | Oct 16, 2012

A hypnotically beautiful and metaphysical delight.

| Oct 16, 2012

This simple tale of love, friendship and the sea lingers in the mind long after the final credits.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 16, 2012

Besson fatally misjudges the cinematic interest of his theme.

| Mar 26, 2009

One of a kind movie.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 6, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 17, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 17, 2003

The film's undersea footage has a powerful otherworldly quality, much as if it were unfolding in outer space, as indeed it might be.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 20, 2003

The Big Blue soaks up the big screen in a splendor that's meant to be seen.

| Mar 10, 2003

The subtext is easy to follow; it's the screenplay that's impossible.

| Nov 16, 2001

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 30, 2001

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 30, 2001

Is an extra 50 minutes of bad footage reason enough to re-release an already problematic movie? I wouldn't think so.

| Original Score: D | Mar 23, 2001

What he and his writers have cooked up defies our patience.

| Jan 1, 2000

The film is a flawed fable but an intriguing one nonetheless.

| Jan 1, 2000

Besson is no master storyteller.

| Jan 1, 2000

No matter which version you see, the story doesn't really make sense.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jan 1, 2000

Silly as the narrative may sound, The Big Blue is nonetheless intriguing in its quaint originality.

| Jan 1, 2000