Critic Reviews

• Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune

  Some of the photography is quite impressive. And the movie certainly doesn't have the 'fearsome denizen of the deep' tone usually found in movies about sharks.

• Nancy Churnin, Dallas Morning News

  In this dazzling follow-up to Ocean Wonderland 3D, director Jean-Jacques Mantello gets you so close to these creatures you'll feel like fending them off with your hands.

• Louise Kennedy, Boston Globe

  Swim in the images, soak up the facts, and if questions about storytelling, consistency, or tone keep nagging, just tell them to float away.

• Robert K. Elder, Chicago Tribune

  It's a graceful, menacing view into of this animal and its breathtaking underworld of blue.

• Brian Orndorf, BrianOrndorf.com

  It's a spark of passion in an otherwise distracted feature -- an entertaining, enlightening picture, but not quite the sharkapalooza promised.

• Chris Hewitt (St. Paul), St. Paul Pioneer Press

  Unlike some large-format films, Sharks 3-D was obviously made by someone (Jean-Jacques Mantello) who cares about the way movies work.

• Frank Swietek, One Guy's Opinion

  A good, respectable piece of underwater filmmaking, but not an especially innovative or entrancing one.

• Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone, TheMovieChicks.com

  The amazing visuals are what make this movie worth a trip to the nearest IMAX; this is some of the finest use of 3D technology we've seen.

• Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

  It becomes quickly obvious that Mantello relied too heavily on the potential wow factor of sharks swimming off the screen to entertain the audience.

• Jim Carnes, Sacramento Bee

  It manages to convey little real information or inspire action.

• Josh Larsen, Sun Publications (Chicago, IL)

  ...places as much importance on information as it does on visual spectacle.

• Kim Morgan, L.A. Weekly

  A sweet-natured documentary that's impressive in its devotion to the beauty and grandeur of its subject.

• Blake French, Filmcritic.com

  ...nothing compares to mingling with manta rays and socializing with sailfish in their own habitat, but Sharks 3D...does come close.

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