2016 · horror · drama · thriller
The Shallows
Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra1h 26m2016
While surfing on a secluded beach, Nancy finds herself in the feeding grounds of a great white shark. Though stranded only 200 yards from shore, survival proves to be the ultimate test of wills, requiring all of her ingenuity, resourcefulness, and fortitude.
Our read: The Shallows (2016) reads as a heavy, steady, inventive horror · drama · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, extreme horror / drama, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- extreme
- bleak
- cold
- twisty
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How The Shallows feels to watch.
Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.
What watching it is actually like.
“You want lean shark-siege tension with one resourceful survivor.”
Skip it tonight — Animal attacks or bloody injury imagery will ruin your night.
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