Jaws 3

Jaws 3 (1983)

  • 12% of critics liked it
    (25 reviews)

  • 33% of users liked it
    (169,718 ratings)

An ocean-themed Florida amusement park comes under attack from an angry Great White shark in this third installment of the horror series. The film maintains only a loose relationship to the original Steven Spielberg hit, centering on Mike (Dennis Quaid) and Sean (John Putch), the sons of police… More

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PG,
Directed By
Written By
Richard Matheson, Carl Gottlieb
Genres
Action & Adventure, Horror, Mystery & Suspense
In Theaters
Jul 22, 1983 Wide
MCA Universal Home Video

Critic Reviews

  • Variety Staff, Variety

    Surprisingly tepid.

  • Derek Adams, Time Out

    Put in a baking tray, gas mark 7, and enjoy a turkey.

  • Janet Maslin, New York Times

    It's harmless but unsurprising.

  • Tim Brayton, Antagony & Ecstasy

    So hokey and so incredibly incompetent in execution that it feels less wicked in its ignorance and more like a comic relief hillbilly, of the sort seen in this very movie's water-skiing interludes.

  • , TV Guide's Movie Guide

    Since the wholly unimaginative series needed a gimmick at this point to stay afloat, the new but short-lived 3-D craze came along just in time.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Joshua W


    Unlike Jaws 2 I have no respect for this film and the fact that it tries to relate itself with the classic film by Mr. Spielberg. Shame on you Joe Alves.

  • Directors C


    Jaws was a good blockbuster, Jaws 2 was an Ok blockbuster. This is an excuse to cash in on the first one. The 3D in the cinema was as bad as this movie overall.

  • Alexander D


    It's not terribly awful, but through about 80% of the film, we are mentally shrieking, "Why didn't they keep it in Amity!? And it would have looked a lot more organized if they had just done a little more work to keep the 3D effect!!!"

  • Jacob E


    Holy mother of god, this is one of the worst films I have ever seen. Every single aspect of it (editing, acting, special effects) is completely botched to the point of accidental comedy. This is one of the funniest films I have ever seen, but for all the wrong reasons (and I mean all… More

  • Curtis L


    Better than Jaws 2, but it has the annoying hallmarks of a 3D movie. Also the kill count is ridiculouly low...so many missed opportunities for Sea World guests to get eaten. At least it tried a fresh start, instead of just rehashing the original Jaws like number 2 did.

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