Filmmaker Jaume Collet-Serra never fails with these mid-budget thrillers, and this might be his strongest film to date.

| Aug 4, 2023

“The Shallows” wisely stays true to its central concept. Its hook could easily wear thin if it extended itself too far, but the compact 80 minute running time keeps the tension high and the story moving forward.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 25, 2022

The Shallows may contain a few occasional shocks, but this is indeed surface level stuff.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Apr 11, 2022

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the sunlight following what's proving to be a rather desultory summer movie season, along comes The Shallows to drive everyone back into the deep end of the auditorium.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 18, 2021

Audiences hungry for shark inspired terror should find enough of interest despite disturbingly inept human characterizations, but something like Spielberg's original Jaws blows this B-movie out of the water.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 30, 2020

The Shallows is solid, B-movie entertainment. It's the kind of movie you would have expected to see on a drive-in double bill back in the 1970s with, say, the original Piranha.

| Jul 18, 2020

I admit that I have been pleasantly surprised with this movie, The Shallows, especially since for being the typical shark movie it knows when to entertain with the right amount of suspense. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jun 26, 2020

It is a Sports Illustrated photo shoot with a shark.

| May 4, 2020

It is Blue Crush meets Jaws.

| May 4, 2020

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.

| Feb 13, 2020

A bit too shallow in the grand scheme of filmmaking and the shark genre, The Shallows is nevertheless fun popcorn fare.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 3, 2019

A simple enough idea to work, yet too simple enough to be entirely memorable, The Shallows still made for a pretty good watch.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 7, 2019

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.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 7, 2019

Nevertheless, Lively is really good, the ocean looks gorgeous and the survival scenes... were gripping.

| Original Score: B- | Apr 12, 2019

The Shallows isn't terrible or excruciating. In fact, it's an unexpectedly solid piece of entertainment.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 19, 2019

The Shallows is a thrilling survival ride.

| Jan 24, 2019

THE SHALLOWS finds its way to being a clever, tension-filled chompfest that functions as its own unique experience.

| Original Score: B+ | Dec 10, 2018

The Shallows isn't quite at Jaws status, but it is a refreshingly well done and exciting shark flick in a sea of low budget drivel. I can honestly say that it is the best shark horror film I have seen in at least the last decade.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Nov 2, 2018

As shark vs. human movies go, this one is periodically absurd, but generally entertaining.

| Original Score: B- | Oct 23, 2018

The bulk of the film stays focused on its classic "Guy/Girl In A Jam" premise, and oh, does Lively deliver.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 24, 2018