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The Shallows

  • 2016
  • PG-13
  • 1h 26m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
149K
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The Shallows (2016)
A mere 200 yards from shore, surfer Nancy is attacked by a great white shark, with her short journey to safety becoming the ultimate contest of wills.
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A mere 200 yards from shore, surfer Nancy is attacked by a great white shark, with her short journey to safety becoming the ultimate contest of wills.A mere 200 yards from shore, surfer Nancy is attacked by a great white shark, with her short journey to safety becoming the ultimate contest of wills.A mere 200 yards from shore, surfer Nancy is attacked by a great white shark, with her short journey to safety becoming the ultimate contest of wills.

  • Director
    • Jaume Collet-Serra
  • Writer
    • Anthony Jaswinski
  • Stars
    • Blake Lively
    • Óscar Jaenada
    • Angelo Josue Lozano Corzo
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    6.3/10
    149K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    2,053
    259
    • Director
      • Jaume Collet-Serra
    • Writer
      • Anthony Jaswinski
    • Stars
      • Blake Lively
      • Óscar Jaenada
      • Angelo Josue Lozano Corzo
    • 655User reviews
    • 376Critic reviews
    • 59Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 15 nominations total

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    "The Beginning"
    Trailer 1:44
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    Official Trailer
    Trailer 1:14
    Official Trailer
    Story Revised
    Clip 1:13
    Story Revised
    The Attack
    Clip 1:11
    The Attack
    The Line Up
    Clip 1:00
    The Line Up

    Photos177

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    Top cast12

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    Blake Lively
    Blake Lively
    • Nancy
    Óscar Jaenada
    Óscar Jaenada
    • Carlos
    Angelo Josue Lozano Corzo
    Angelo Josue Lozano Corzo
    • Surfer
    Joseph Salas
    • Surfer
    • (as Jose Manuel Trujillo Salas)
    Brett Cullen
    Brett Cullen
    • Dad
    Sedona Legge
    Sedona Legge
    • Chloe
    Pablo Calva
    • Boy
    Diego Espejel
    • Intoxicated Man
    Janelle Bailey
    Janelle Bailey
    • Mom
    Ava Dean
    • Young Nancy
    Chelsea Moody
    Chelsea Moody
    • Young Mom
    Sully Seagull
    • Sully 'Steven' Seagull
    • (as Sully 'Steven' Seagall)
    • Director
      • Jaume Collet-Serra
    • Writer
      • Anthony Jaswinski
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Steven Seagull's name in real life is Sully. He lives (to this day) in a seagull sanctuary in Australia. Two extra seagulls were used to portray Steven Seagull. According to producer Matti Leshem, she added "They were all good but not nearly as good as him. Peggy was the vocal one, the very squawky bird. Gaviota (which means seagull in Spanish), I think he's almost 30 [as Steven is estimated to be about 15 or 20 years old]. The most challenging thing about Sully as an actor is that seagulls are remarkably clean. They self clean a lot, so the blood on Sully, obviously fake blood, he kept wanting to clean it off, so we had to deal with that."
    • Goofs
      As all experienced surfers (as Nancy clearly is) would know, a whale carcass is almost guaranteed to attract sharks. Coming across one, a surfer would have hightailed it back to shore as fast as possible to avoid becoming part of a buffet. They would not move in for a closer look and hang about ogling it.
    • Quotes

      Chloe: Are you ready to get wet, Dr. Adams?

    • Crazy credits
      As himself, Steven "Sully" Seagull.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Blake Lively/Luke Wilson/Mumford & Sons feat. Baaba Maal & Beatenberg (2016)
    • Soundtracks
      El Lado Más Bestia de la Vida (Walk On The Wild Side)
      Written by Lou Reed
      Performed by Albert Pla
      Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment España, S.L.
      By arrangement with Sony Music Licensing
      Nancy and Carlos are driving to the beach.

    User reviews655

    Featured review
    6/10

    Film adds nothing new to the shark genre

    Entertaining 'shark' movie that adds a modern twist to the Jaws films of the 1970s and 80s. The location is supposed to be some surfers paradise beach in Mexico (in reality filmed in Australia) where a lone surfer Nancy (Blake Lively) ends up stranded a mere 200m from the safety of the beach by an angry Carcharadon carcharias (Great White Shark).

    Nancy heavily losing blood from a deep leg wound ends up finding solace on a rock. To add to the screenplay she is befriended by a seagull she names Steven. Do you get the joke Steven Seagull? The shark effects are all cleverly added by CGI which of course Steven Spielberg didn't have available at the time of shooting Jaws in 1975. I suppose there is little manoeuvre for the screenplay. Don't get me wrong an entertaining watch but just highlights for me how good Jaws was.
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    • May 10, 2023
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    • Release date
      • June 24, 2016 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
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    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Miedo profundo
    • Filming locations
      • Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia
    • Production companies
      • Columbia Pictures
      • Weimaraner Republic Pictures
      • Ombra Films
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    • Budget
      • $17,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $55,124,043
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $16,800,868
      • Jun 26, 2016
    • Gross worldwide
      • $119,100,758
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 26 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Datasat
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
      • Dolby Atmos
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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