Rate It
|
||||||||||||||||
Rating Averages
My Friends |
Not rated. () |
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
All Flixster |
(16978) |
4986 |
22314 |
Female |
(8605) |
2527 |
11309 |
Male |
(8373) |
2459 |
11005 |
More Like This
If you liked this, then you'll also probably like...
Got another recommendation for someone who liked this movie? Add it to the list!
Got an opinion? Use the buttons to vote on all the suggestions people have added.
If lots of people vote, the best suggestions will rise to the top.
| Jaws (62%) |
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Into the Blue (52%) |
|
|
| Open Water 2 (Adrift) (80%) |
|
|
| Jaws 2 (100%) |
|
|
| The Wicker Man (26%) |
|
|
Plot:
Shot on digital video with a pair of unknown actors (Blanchard Ryan and Daniel Travis) who tread water for most of the film's brisk 79-minute running time, Open Water is a fact-based exercise i...( read more 
)
Photos
Meet Other Fans
Recent Reviews
-
MCT:August 19, 2008OMG i have never seen a more pointless film, what is the point in a film where everyone dies?
soooooo stupid and no real storyline i dont even want to give it a half star! -
MCT:August 17, 2008This is another perfect reason for me not to take up any diving course. U dont believe it can happen? think again. Althou i dont do diving but the director do achieved the chilling effect of the movie. Imagine if it is u & yr galfren, would u b terrified? Not to mention anotha messege which is "people always try to put the blame on others when things goes wrong" Dont u agree? So dont undervalue this flick. it definately deserved at least 3 Star.
-
MCT:August 16, 2008
part 2 was beter than da 1st one well i did lyk da story but it'z sequence regarding part 2 was totally stupid....)
-
MCT:July 25, 2008Okay I am finally reviewing this (in my opinion) devil movie.
The valuable lesson of life: Never put your expectations too high...they could fall of and splatter their intestines out all over the pavement for the little baby sharks to nibble on.
When I saw the trailer for this movie...I was ecstatic to see it! I always said how I wanted to see it so badly...the trailer made it look terrifying. I am quite fearful of sharks...so I thought it was going to be frightening beyond belief.
but no...I sat down excitedly to watch this movie, ready to be scared shitless and well...water. And more water. And a naked woman. More water. 1 meter shark swims by, nibbles on a toe. More water.
I found this whole movie to be just footage of water over all. I mean water's nice, it is but um...it doesn't make a really great movie.
I understand that this is a story inspired by true events of what really happened to a couple of people, and honestly, I think this is an offense to them. It was put in the wrong hands and made into this stupid piece of Hollywood crap. The people were all beautified, it was so typical and I could just predict everything that was about to happen. If this film were in the right hands, it could have been made much better. The fear of the two people could have probably been gotten into a lot better, and really formed a stylish way of filming. But I found myself not connecting with these characters at all...I didn't really see any character development, and the way that they were left behind just seemed to un-realistic and just made me irritated.
And then, of course, the skarks....well. They were like...small. and there wasn't any shark action really, like the trailer made it out to be.
So I remember coming to the day where I hired this movie- and many people had told me "no don't do it. It's crap really" but I, at the time didn't see how it could possibly be crap. It was made out as so terrifying! But...well by the end of the movie, i had the most stupid look on my face. I was just sitting in my chair thinking..."what? THAT is what I have been so cranked up about?" I felt like I had wasted so much anticipation... I couldn't believe it. One of the biggest letdowns I have ever had when viewing a film. I was sitting there for a couple of hours, watching t people sitting in the water going shit, we're going to die. Shit we're going to die. It was as if they had imaginary watches on, checking to see how long there would be left that they had to continue arguing and saying that they're going to die or the husband trying to lighten up the situation and say that they would be fine. I think the birth of this film quite possibly took the place of another movie that could have come instead and shone like the stars. But no, this one had to come. And quite frankly, I would rather get a bucket of water with some plastic fish, and sit and watch it with some sound effects for a couple of hours. -
MCT:July 17, 2008
Reasonable. Sometimes effective, sometimes seems cheap. Surely there was no reason to shoot the first scenes at home shakily?
-
MCT:July 10, 2008
When i watched this in the cinema me and my friend walked out coz it was so boring lol, but i've watched it on tv and it's not tht bad!
-
MCT:July 2, 2008
Interesting story being told on actual events. The 2 actors kept me interested throughout the film. Nothing spectacular in the film making but unexpectedly good film.
-
MCT:July 1, 2008
Susan and Daniel, lost and alone, floating in the middle of a vast expanse of sinister saltiness from which there is no escape, no relief. They have been left to fend for and defend themselves. Armed with nothing but a diving knife and their wits, they are about to battle an unseen menace that has for centuries practiced the fine art of eating. Open Water wants to be the new Jaws, to take Steven Spielberg's classic cat-and-mouse aquatic thriller and bring it back to its anthropomorphic roots. It also wants to celebrate the newfound freedom and creative dexterity in the emerging digital filmmaking format. It so vehemently craves to turn its home movie handcrafting into something special and epic that it only barely succeeds on sheer force of will alone. That it occasionally comes up short, never completely immersing the audience in its "lost at sea" tenets, is not really important. Writer/Director Chris Kentis films the pair in a digital documentary-style that adds authenticity to the most primal horror. The comparisons to the terror of The Blair Witch Project are obvious to anyone with a film I.Q. "Jaws Meets Blair Witch" had become a cliché before the critics had even left the first screening at Sundance. But it's entirely appropriate. The minimalist technique of two people bobbing up and down in the water like chum can only work if it allows its tone to grow around the two performances which are good.
-
two mofos in the open water for two hours. by the first ten minutes i wished that everyone would die. no star for this **evilll staresss
-
MCT:June 27, 2008
This film is very average - on one hand, you have a great idea and one or two brief moments of brilliance... on the other hand, this film is a piece of shit.
-
MCT:June 20, 2008
I found it to be kinda stupid, not scary. What's up with the two main characters dying, when it's shot documentary style? The unknowns do have to be given credit, though.
-
MCT:June 16, 2008this one as well was based on true events.. this shite happen all the time .... word to the wise stay with the group and be back when your suppose to.
-
MCT:June 13, 2008
Shot in video with about as much art as your stepdad's home movies, this is a brilliant piece of film that explores man's relation to the blind, destructive might of nature. Several people I know were highly disturbed by it, but I simply found it a moving experience.
-
MCT:May 25, 2008Not too bad, not the Jaws type movie it was hyped to be, but for a low budget flick, gives a few chills considering it is based on a true story.
-
MCT:May 8, 2008
A couple who floats around in the ocean and bicker for two hours. If that sounds apealing to you then go ahead and watch it.
-
MCT:March 23, 2008
The movie is sooooo bad... yet my whole family went to see this one together IN A THEATER... could hav use the money in a better way... i guess lots of ppl are lured by intensity built in the trailer... which explains how the second one got made.
-
MCT:March 20, 2008
Disturbing period watching two people succumb to the vastness of the ocean after being left by their dive boat.
Based on true story but of course it's all supposition as to exactly what they went through. Maybe they were really eaten by sharks in the first 2 minutes? -
MCT:March 19, 2008
even though the starts sort of like a documentry this movie was really good. im so glad i havent gone through what they did.
-
MCT:March 16, 2008
Don't waste your time watching this low-budget crappy movie. Even thinking about being left in the middle of the ocean on a scuba diving trip gives me heebie jeebies. Once they cut to the 10th scene of sharks thrashing around the actors, I couldn't help but think, "Would you just eat one of them already!" The entire plot: they go diving, they get left behind, he gets eaten by sharks, she drowns herself.
-
MCT:March 13, 2008
There's a lot of differences between 'Open Water' and many of todays films, and that is the feeling of the movie. It has a low budget compared to today's blockbusters. It has the feel of a home made movie or a documentary, but this makes it even better. It just makes it feel so realistic. When they are on the boat, it gives you the feeling that you are actually joining them on the boat. The good thing about having just the two characters featured, means that you can really build up a connection with them. When something happens to one of them, you really feel to them. It won't win any awards for story, but is definitely a refreshing look at cinema.
-
MCT:March 11, 2008
Anyone who finds watching two people stranded in the middle of the ocean for over an hour slightly entertaining obviously has another thing coming.
-
MCT:January 28, 2008
This movie really confuses me in whether or not I liked it. It had some really good acting, action sequences, and some truly scary moments. But it was cliche, had a terrible ending, and got boring after awhile. So for now I'll call it average.
-
MCT:January 27, 2008
Dissapointing with the fact that you were waiting for most of the film for them to die - and then you dont even see them die. Freaky though.
My Friends Said...
Open Water Recent Reviews
Register or sign-in to see your friends' reviews !
Comments
-
MelissaAnnLegardposted 216 days ago -
My dad bought it thinking it was gonna be an action packed movie.... it turns out it the worst movie i can ever own i want my money back!
posted 543 days ago -
The movie poster/cover thing makes it look interesting but, although cliche, looks can be decieving. This is probably the worst recent film made. It's slow. It's boring. But if you like staring at water for an hour or so then you'll most likely enjoy it. It'd be so much better if you actually got to SEE the guy get eaten by the shark, but NO. He just HAD to be eaten during a thunderstorm, while it was dark. T____T Gah. If anything this whole movie is a really REALLY bad imitation of Jaws. Whatever you do, don't pay attention to the reviews on the DVD cover. The reviewers were either blind, stoned, had extremely bad judgement, or all of the above.
posted 552 days ago -
You know what! This movie did not have a happy ending. And it is, by & large, the American movie goers who think that having a happy ending is so vastly important to a happy world, even if what you are watching right then & there is a movie! Wake the f*** up! Try a movie like The Vanishing (The French version, NOT the American version!) and see something similar in terms of an "unhappy ending" and learn to face the real world!
posted 691 days ago
