54
Metascore
22 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90NewsweekDavid AnsenNewsweekDavid AnsenDeep Blue Sea gives good rush -- earning its stripes as one terrific junk movie.
- 80Dallas ObserverAndy KleinDallas ObserverAndy KleinNot everything in the film happens according to the traditional, overly familiar blueprint.
- 75ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliIt proves capable of doing something that many more artistically ambitious films fail at: entertaining an audience for nearly two hours.
- 70Film ThreatRon WellsFilm ThreatRon WellsIf distinctly uneven CGI, minimal originality and overly convenient plot devices turn you off, this may not be your film.
- 70Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonThis movie's entire raison d'etre (that's French for "shark meat") is to toy creatively with the "rules."
- 60VarietyRobert KoehlerVarietyRobert KoehlerPowered by exceptional displays of physical filmmaking, Deep Blue Sea is pulled back to shore by the usual suspects -- weak plotting and weaker dialogue.
- 50The Globe and Mail (Toronto)The Globe and Mail (Toronto)One of those stupid movies that are good to relax with.
- 25Chicago TribuneBarbara ShulgasserChicago TribuneBarbara ShulgasserEven overlooking the fundamental inanity of the movie, one is left to contend with some offensive racial stereotyping.
- 25San Francisco ExaminerWesley MorrisSan Francisco ExaminerWesley MorrisUnsalvageable B-movie junk.
- 25Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldSeattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldSo uninvolving as basic storytelling that it quickly becomes boring.