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Jaws 3 (1983)

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Reviews Counted:25

Fresh:3

Rotten:22

Average Rating:3/10

Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: The third film in the successful JAWS franchise follows yet another great white shark with a taste for humans, this time invading the opening ceremonies of a marine park in Florida. The brand new... The third film in the successful JAWS franchise follows yet another great white shark with a taste for humans, this time invading the opening ceremonies of a marine park in Florida. The brand new complex offers visitors the chance to view the undersea kingdom from the safety of glass tunnels on the seabed. When a 35-foot great white breaks into the structure--seemingly in revenge for the death of its progeny--a group of marine biologists must do battle with the mighty mother beast. [More]

Starring: Dennis Quaid, Bess Armstrong, Louis Gossett, Lea Thompson

Starring: Dennis Quaid, Bess Armstrong, Louis Gossett, Lea Thompson, Simon MacCorkindale, John Putch, P.H. Moriarty, Dan Blasko, Liz Morris, Lisa Maurer, Harry Grant, Andy Hansen, P.T. Horn, John Edson, Kaye Stevens, Archie Valliere, Alonzo Ward, Cathy Cervenka, Steve Mellor

Director: Joe Alves

Director: Joe Alves
Screenwriter: Richard Matheson, Carl Gottlieb
Producer: Rupert Hitzig
Composer: John Williams, Alan Parker

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Surprisingly tepid.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
12/10/07
Variety Staff
Variety Staff
Variety
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Since the wholly unimaginative series needed a gimmick at this point to stay afloat, the new but short-lived 3-D craze came along just in time.

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12/10/07
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No review available.

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11/04/07
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

Enough is too much...even in 3-D. The franchise sinks.

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06/01/07
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
Video-Reviewmaster.com

No review available.

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05/07/07
Chuck O'Leary
Chuck O'Leary
FulvueDrive-in.com

Put in a baking tray, gas mark 7, and enjoy a turkey.

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06/24/06
Derek Adams
Derek Adams
Time Out

No review available.

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07/23/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

No review available.

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07/01/05
Jake Euker
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

It's harmless but unsurprising.

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08/30/04
Janet Maslin
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New York Times
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01/29/04
Randy Shulman
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Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)

No review available.

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01/08/04
Greg Maki
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Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

No review available.

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07/29/03
Rumsey Taylor
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No review available.

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06/30/03
James O'Ehley
James O'Ehley
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No review available.

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06/06/03
Walter Chaw
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central

No review available.

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03/20/03
Christopher Smith
Christopher Smith
Bangor Daily News (Maine)

The best sequel in the series, if you're ranking it on cheese factor, alone.

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03/04/03
Alex Sandell
Alex Sandell
Juicy Cerebellum

No review available.

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11/12/02
Nicolas Lacroix
Nicolas Lacroix
Showbizz.net

Where's the three strikes and you're out rule for cinema when you need it. This bites!

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11/03/02
Bob Bloom
Bob Bloom
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

No review available.

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10/03/02
John Urbancich
John Urbancich
Sun Newspapers of Cleveland

Jaws must have ate the script too

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09/18/02
Clint Morris
Clint Morris
Moviehole
 
 
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