Not just another day at the beach.
| Cast |
Blake Lively, Óscar Jaenada, Brett Cullen, Sedona Legge |
| Director |
Jaume Collet-Serra |
| Screenplay | Anthony Jaswinski |
| Music | Marco Beltrami |
| Cinematography | Flavio Martínez Labiano |
| Editing | Joel Negron |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Datasat |
| SA distributor | Ster-Kinekor |
| Made in | 2016 |
| Produced by | Columbia Pictures, Ombra Films, Weimaraner Republic Pictures |
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| Genre | Hoorror |
| Language | Mild to moderate, infrequent |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | Strong impact, frequent |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None |
| Comments | |
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Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
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| Frightening / Tense Scenes |
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Tense Family Scenes |
| Music (Scary/Tense) |
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| Suggested age limit 13 + |
Positive messages |
Positive role models |
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Drinking, drugs, smoking |
| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Michael O'Sullivan  It's still not safe to go back in the water... | 10 |  |
| Cape Times Todd McCarthy Artless piece of surf hokey stays in 'The Shallows'. | 2 |  |
| ScreenIt Jim Judy While Jaws might have made viewers wonder what might be in the water around them if brave enough to go in, The Shallows will likely only have viewers wondering why they&rquot;re watching this rather than that classic again. | 9 | |
| Metacritic.com 34 critics | 12 |  |
| Rottentomatoes critics 165 critics | 13 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Lean and solidly crafted, The Shallows transcends tired shark-attack tropes with nasty thrills and a powerful performance from Blake Lively. | 15 |  |
| Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics   | 13 | |
| CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Blake Lively vs. shark in tense, bloody ocean thriller. | 15 | |
What the People say | ||
| Metacritic.com users 122 users | 13 | |
| Rottentomatoes users 23743 users | 13 | |
| Internet 16900 Netizens The Shallows gets it right | 13 | |
Average .. 58% | 12 | |