Fresh
There are no Hollywood heroes in these waters, only two regular people ... plus you and me, huddling in the dark.
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
Overview
Two divers are left out at sea without a boat. There’s nothing but water for miles, unless they look at what’s underneath them...
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
71%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Sharks are nature's most efficient killing machines. Open Water, which co-stars sharks, is the summer cinema's most efficient scaring machine.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Rotten
Considered in its ham-handed entirety, Open Water feels more of an exercise in cinematic sadism.
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Fresh
Terrifying precisely because it doesn't go in for cheesy shock tactics and special effects.
Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture
Fresh
The unforgiving power of nature are all on display to amazing, and frightening, effect.
Paul Clinton (CNN.com), CNN.com
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