Perfect cast and a good story

Far from Perfect, Far from Terrible

a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

I wanted to like this movie, but it's just so stupid I can't.I love the beautiful bay and the long shots showing how pretty it is. But problem 1: where are the waves? There aren't any! It's clear that the actual surfing shots were filmed elsewhere. Come on... you don't surf on a beach with no waves. Sigh.Other problems: 2. A shark that size bites you, and all you have is a tiny nick in your leg? 3. There's a juicy fat whale carcass right there, but the shark is only interested in bony human beings? 4. That whale carcass appeared out of nowhere? She's been surfing there all day, and suddenly turns her head and it's magically 60 feet away? 5. Why would you try to eat a crab after just a few hours? Just nonsensical. 6. The CGI dolphins were quite bad. But not as bad as the fake wound on her leg. I've seen 1980 horror movies with better blood... and they had a $500 budget. 7. The water is clearly shallow, as you can see in the aerial shots. Yet at the end when she sinks to the bottom, it's suddenly 60+ feet deep?! 8. Holding on to that chain would've ruptured her eardrums in seconds because she wasn't equalizing. 9. That shark is dumb enough to swim full force into the bottom of the ocean? 10. Why is there a buoy there, of all places? 11. Am I supposed to believe a beach this nice is right next to Tijuana, within walking distance of drunks, yet there's nobody there, no garbage, nothing? 12. Something tells me you wouldn't have a 4G connection on that beach to stream video on your phone.Sigh. It's a shot, and it's a miss! Wasted opportunity. Watch a re-run of Jaws instead.

This movie is very very very boring and freaking weird! Like in this movie the shark really has mind to targeting just one person for days. The only reason you stay watching this movie is just because Blake Lively looked so hot there nothing's more.

Tense and gripping, Jaws this is not. But despite that I found I couldn't take my eyes off it. Pretty darned good stuff.

THE SHALLOWS is yet another survival flick in which a young, bikini-clad woman is menaced by an impossibly menacing killer shark. This one was shot on the glorious Queensland coast in Australia, and features Blake Lively (doing what her husband Ryan Reynolds did in BURIED) as a woman attacked and stranded by an improbably hungry shark. The film takes a minimalist approach but fails to entertain on the same level as similar mini-classics such as THE REEF and ROGUE, although it's still an enjoyable watch. The cinematography is very nice indeed, and the shark itself, although barely seen, utilises some effective CGI to create the menace. I was less impressed with the lead character, although her survivalist skills and instincts are fun, and I suppose that's what stopped me from being totally immersed in the experience as I was hoping to be. Still, this is a cut above all of the shark movies put out by The Asylum and SyFy Channel.