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By Stephanie Zacharek (2,333) for Time (1,811) on 29 Dec 2016

One of the most perfectly constructed pictures of the whole year, a taut, magnetic, visually splendid little package anchored by a sly star…

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By Jim Schembri (1,298) for 3AW (1,025) on 26 Dec 2016

Very effective, taut beach-borne thriller in which a lone surfer (Blake Lively) finds herself stranded between the beach and a large, hungry shark…

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By David N. Butterworth (570) for Movie Boeuf (266) on 18 Dec 2016

Equal parts taut and titillating... until it jumps the shark in its final act…

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By Edward Porter (366) for Sunday Times (UK) (753) on 17 Dec 2016

Bringing plenty of ideas to this limiting predicament, Jaume Collet-Serra's film gives us lots of gruesome shark action, while preserving its…

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By Piers Marchant (131) for PopMatters (2,617) on 13 Dec 2016

The thing is, the more the shark ceases to act like an actual wild animal in favor of like a bitterly obsessive stalker, the less frightening…

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By Tim Brayton (2,283) for Antagony & Ecstasy (1,911) on 05 Dec 2016

A shabby shocker might be what it is, but sometimes a really superlative shabby shocker is exactly what a body needs…

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By Tara Brady (805) for Irish Times (1,391) on 05 Dec 2016

[A] reasonably entertaining, imprudently daft aquatic thriller…

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By Paul Chambers (522) for Movie Chambers (386) on 09 Nov 2016

Keeping in mind that you may have seen it all before, try The Shallows on for size. And, don't surf alone…

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By Blake Howard (505) for Graffiti With Punctuation (173) on 02 Nov 2016

The Shallows (apart from an ending that nearly makes the entire film sh*t the bed) is a hair-raising, beautifully executed and performed thriller…

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By Josh Larsen (2,042) for LarsenOnFilm (1,412) on 06 Oct 2016

Before it gets pretty Sharknado, this is a fairly entertaining woman-versus-beast adventure…

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By Carlos Díaz Reyes (181) for Vanguardia (Mexico) (181) on 18 Sep 2016

A fair and visually beautiful homage to what made us feel scared of going to the beach. [Full review in Spanish]…

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By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 12 Sep 2016

There also isn't a single dull moment, and it leaves us feeling like we've survived a nail-biting brush with one of nature's most deadly predators…

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By Sarah Watt (52) for Stuff.co.nz (387) on 31 Aug 2016

If your heart isn't pounding for most of the film, you're not alive…

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By Graeme Tuckett (166) for Stuff.co.nz (387) on 31 Aug 2016

This is essentially Blake Lively wearing not much at all versus a special effect…

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By Craig Mathieson (459) for The Sunday Age (488) on 30 Aug 2016

This survival thriller about a surfer precariously trapped just offshore by a predatory shark lacks one essential element: a performance motivated…

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By Benjamín Harguindey (98) for EscribiendoCine (248) on 28 Aug 2016

Jaws had worst sequels but this is a good thriller. [Full review in Spanish]…

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By Sean Burns (1,156) for Spliced Personality (175) on 26 Aug 2016

In a summer when even a silly haunted house flick like The Conjuring 2 gets blown out to over two-hours, this lean, mean little scare machine…

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By Vicky Roach (269) for Daily Telegraph (Australia) (376) on 25 Aug 2016

On its own brutally efficient B-movie terms, The Shallows works exceptionally well…

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By Cj Johnson (473) for ABC Radio (Australia) (677) on 23 Aug 2016

The shark is almost incidental, which is what keeps the movie from achieving some sort of genre greatness ... but it is bloody good…

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By Diego Batlle (225) for Otroscines.com (322) on 22 Aug 2016

Entertaining and scary...especially on a big screen. [Full review in Spanish]…

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