| Open Water Review |
| by Mark R. Leeper (Rating: 8/10) |
| CAPSULE: A simple and ingenious horror premise drives
Chris Kentis's film of two tourists who are
accidentally left abandoned in shark-infested
tropical waters. Chris Kentis is the director,
writer, editor, and the...more |
| Open Water Review |
| by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 3/4) |
| The difference between 20 and 22 could be the difference between life and death
in OPEN WATER, based on a harrowing true story. Susan (Blanchard Ryan) and
Daniel (Daniel Travis), a busy, busy couple who decide they need a vacation,
set off for an...more |
| Open Water Review |
| by David N. Butterworth (Rating: 1.5/4) |
| Accidents will happen, and if a mistake is shocking enough it might
eventually
find its way into a screenplay. It's hard to believe that a chartered dive
boat would inadvertently abandon two of its charges in shark-infested
waters--"next
time count...more |
| Open Water Review |
| by Ryan Ellis |
| My friends are going to be happy because I finally saw 'Open Water' and now
I can shut up about wanting to see it. Others were excited about the Cruise
picture or Shyamalan's latest or Big Willie's FXer. Those movies stunk like
a dirty skunk, so that...more |
| Open Water Review |
| by Jerry Saravia (Rating: 3/4) |
| We know that independent horror films ("28 Days Later," "Blair Witch Project")
are always more terrifying and realistic than the standard Hollywood horror
picture. "Open Water" is the latest independent horror film that could be seen
as riffing on some...more |
| Open Water Review |
| by Karina Montgomery (Rating: 4.5/5) |
| I wish I could be the first to assess this genuinely scary movie as
The Blair Witch Project in the Caribbean, but I have been beaten to
the punch. Everything that worked for Blair Witch (video, small
cast, complete isolation in the middle of nowhere)...more |
| Open Water Review |
| by Jon Popick (Rating: 6/10) |
| Open Water, a film made for around $200,000 which looks like a film made for
around $210,000. Its running time is shorter than a super-sized episode of
ER, and its premise is swiped from the episode of The Simpsons where Bart
and Lisa get left behind...more |
| Open Water Review |
| by JoBlo (Rating: 7/10) |
| PLOT:
A workaholic team of husband and wife finally take some time to go on vacation,
and hitch a ride aboard a boat that is taking folks scuba-diving into the
middle of the ocean. Unfortunately for the busy-bee couple, the boat mistakenly
leaves them...more |
| Open Water Review |
| by Laura Clifford (Rating: B) |
| Television producer Susan (Blanchard Ryan, "Broken Lizard's Super Troopers"
) and her contractor hubbie Daniel (Daniel Travis) don't realize how
overdue for a vacation they really are. Too stressed for sex on their
first night in the Caribbean, the...more |
| Open Water Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten (Rating: B) |
| Reviewed by Harvey S. Karten
Lions Gate Films
Grade: B
Directed by: Chris Kentis
Written by: Chris Kentis
Cast: Blanchard Ryan, Daniel Travis, Saul Stein, Estelle Lau
Screened at: Loews 34th St., NYC, 8/8/04 more |
| Open Water Review |
| by Susan Granger (Rating: 8/10) |
| Susan Granger's review of "Open Water" (Lions Gate Films)
Remember how you were hesitant to go swimming after you saw "Jaws"? That
could happen to scuba-divers after viewing the harrowing dilemma of a couple
abandoned several miles out at sea while...more |
