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The Shallows is a 2016 American survival thriller film which follows and ultimate surfing contest which eventually becomes a shark death trail.
26 August 1956, Houston, Texas, USA
25 August 1987, Tarzana, Los Angeles, California, USA
4 May 1975, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
February 22, 2017
Somehow, The Shallows manages to just surpass the murky depths that most of those films sink to. It emerges as a surprisingly tense and entertaining thriller, though not one without its own set of unfortunate flaws and lost potential.June 24, 2016
You're gonna need a bigger Blake (and you're going to get one) in Lively's enjoyably trashy shark-survival movie, the definition of summer fun.June 24, 2016
A splash of fresh seawater in the face of a rather dismal summer movie season. It's very cheesy, which is how escapist summer cinema should be, and part of its charm is that it's not self-reflective enough to be aware of its own cheesiness.July 05, 2016
Lively's melodramatic power remains untapped.June 24, 2016
Is "The Shallows" a thriller for the ages? No, but it's decent popcorn fare.January 01, 2017
For those of us who prefer our survival dramas bare-bones and gritty, like Open Water, The Shallows may come across as the CW version. Its photogenic slickness detracts from its terror.January 01, 2017
This is at best a guilty pleasure; B-movie fun while it lasts.January 03, 2017
At a brisk 86 minutes it never stops being entertaining,February 17, 2017
It's no Jaws, but The Shallows is still a viciously, violently fun wave to ride.June 26, 2016
The Shallows is almost a good movie.June 24, 2016
School's out, schlock's in - no lessons here.