Jaws 3 (1983)
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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 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 chief Martin Brody (originally played by Roy Scheider). Mike works at Sea World, where a baby Great White shark has accidentially been let into the park. Soon, the baby's vicious and extremely powerful mother comes in search of her child. The film focuses most of its attention on the series of tense shark attacks that follow, as tourists run for their lives while the park workers struggle to destroy the sharp-toothed beast. The suspense sequences were made somewhat more memorable during the film's original release with 3-D photography, an attribute lost on video, thereby removing the most distinctive element of an otherwise run-of-the-mill sequel. ~ Judd Blaise, Rovi
- Directed By
- Joe Alves
- Written By
- Richard Matheson, Carl Gottlieb
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Horror, Mystery & Suspense
- In Theaters
- Jul 22, 1983 Wide
- Studio
- MCA Universal Home Video
Critic Reviews
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Variety Staff, Variety
Surprisingly tepid.
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Derek Adams, Time Out
Put in a baking tray, gas mark 7, and enjoy a turkey.
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Janet Maslin, New York Times
It's harmless but unsurprising.
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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.
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, 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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Cast
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Dennis Quaid
as Mike Brody
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Bess Armstrong
as Kathryn Morgan
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Simon MacCorkindale
as Philip FitzRoyce
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Louis Gossett Jr
as Calvin
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John Putch
as Sean Brody
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Lea Thompson
as Kelly Ann Bukowski
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P.H. Moriarty
as Jack Tate
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Dan Blasko
as Dan
- William Bramley
- Mary Duncan
- Barbara Eden
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Harry Grant
as Shelby Overman
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Andy Hansen
as Silver Bullet
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P.T. Horn
as Guide
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Will Knickerbocker
as Man in Crowd
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Lisa Maurer
as Ethel
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Liz Morris
as Liz
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Ken Olson
as Rad
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Barbara Quinn
as Anxious Tunnel Person
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Kaye Stevens
as Mrs. Kallender
- Randy Stone
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John Edson
as Bob Woodbury
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Dolores Starling
as Charlene Tutt
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Laura Tracy
as Girl in Tunnel
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Joe Gilbert
as Mr. Brit
- Louis Gosset Jr.
- Louis Gossett Jr.



