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Open Water (2004)
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Reviews Counted: 187
Fresh: 134
Rotten:53
Average Rating: 6.6/10
Consensus: A low budget thriller with some intense moments.
Theatrical Release: Aug 6, 2004 Limited
Box Office: $30,500,882
Synopsis: Proving that the power of imagination is much more terrifying than what meets the eye, OPEN WATER is Chris Kentis's intensely realistic deep-sea drama, "based on true events." The film's leering digital video camera allows viewers to... [More]
Starring: Blanchard Ryan, Daniel Travis, Saul Stein, Estelle Lau
Director: Chris Kentis
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Kentis and Lau have labored to make an almost documentary-style film. It's meant to make us feel like we are really there, and to a large extent it succeeds.
09/27/06
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Top Critic "Open Water" works on many levels, chief among them as an examination of isolation, worry, terror, and the dread that can accompany the unknown.
11/18/05
Open Water depends on the audience to be able to vicariously place themselves in the situation at hand, and if you can do that, you're in for a nerve-frying treat.
06/26/05
'Creatividad y un guión inteligente reemplazan la falta de presupuesto para crear un producto de buena calidad'
04/04/05
A horrifying meditation on how contentment can lull us into complacency, detachment, and ultimately, absolute isolation.
04/01/05
Uses a minimalist budget, a vast outdoor setting, a very small cast, and a narrative that meticulously builds a pervasive sense of dread without giving too much away
03/03/05
The sharks were bad enough but who would have thought a jellyfish could be so frightening?
01/03/05
[It's] perhaps the most boring thriller you will ever see that will still manage to thrill you like crazy.
12/28/04
[Creates] the steadily mounting feeling that something could go terribly wrong at any moment, both in front of and behind the camera.
12/04/04
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