Crawl
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: July 12, 2019
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MrcrimsonJul 28, 2019
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. THEATRE and cover your face so no one sees you there. Main character is bitten on both arms and a leg and is miraculously HEALED before the end of the movie. Father has shoulder bitten, leg broken and arm bitten off but walks during movie and swings a brick and shovel really well. Two cops are idiots. Decisions they made to survive were STUPID and, last but not least, the coincidentals that keep stopping them from escaping are just way to predictable. A **** movie… Expand
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leopoldfrankSep 24, 2019
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Polite words simply don't describe this film as efficiently so I'll just say: 'Crawl' is the most retarded film I've seen in a long time. Cliche ridden **** about morons doing a piss-poor job at surviving a problematic situation and disappointingly being rewarded for their stupidity rather than eaten alive like you'll eventually hope.

I should have stopped watching after the opening scene when it was shown the main character was a swimmer. That cliche **** was the first warning sign but no, I ignored it and continued.

Also, **** these favourable critic reviews. Wankers.… Expand
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TacoLord424Jul 13, 2019
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I think that it's great that this movie dives straight into the action within the first 20 minutes. What I don't think is great is that the CGI is terrible. It was constantly unrealistic looking and couldn't really scare me even though I have a great fear of alligators. The jump scares in this movie are horrendous. I went to go see this movie with my friends who are all terrified by horror movies and they didn't get scared once or ever jump at the jump scares. We were laughing more than we were in fear. The characters also are some of the dumbest characters in horror history of all time. They're constantly doing the last thing you would ever do in a horror movie. I get that's the trope of the horror genre but if they were a bit smart I think it would've added to the fear factor knowing that even though they were smart the alligators could outsmart them. Finally, the plot points and what happens during the movie is really dumb. Everything that could go wrong happens, nothing ever works for the characters. Couple that with inconsistent moments in the movie like, "The alligators hunt by splashes in the water". While earlier in the movie the characters weren't splashing and the alligators hunted them anyways. This was just a genuinely bad horror movie that isn't scary, looks terrible and is very inconsistent.… Expand
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Ferrox07Sep 30, 2019
Simply put, that girl is arrogant and stupid! The alligator is unbelievably slow. They both are so emotional whilst knowing they are running out of time . Hell, she just text without a care for help instead of seeking protection first whenSimply put, that girl is arrogant and stupid! The alligator is unbelievably slow. They both are so emotional whilst knowing they are running out of time . Hell, she just text without a care for help instead of seeking protection first when the alligator is so close besides her. So frustrating to watch.… Expand
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imthenoobOct 20, 2019
The cast does a solid job but this was a dud for me. The CG stuck out like a sore thumb, the plot is far from original and everything from the troubled relationships to the ending was painfully cliche. Crawl is everything we have seen dozensThe cast does a solid job but this was a dud for me. The CG stuck out like a sore thumb, the plot is far from original and everything from the troubled relationships to the ending was painfully cliche. Crawl is everything we have seen dozens of times before and offers nothing unique to separate itself from everyone else.… Expand
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MaxPayneIsGodFeb 8, 2022
Thoroughly 'meh' creature feature
Predictable
Rad gore
Completely forgettable in every way
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steveymeJan 23, 2021
This was absolutely wretched. The most derivative film I have seen for years. Was willing it to end for the last 20 mins.
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BroyaxApr 5, 2022
Un nanar de plus de la part d’Alexandre Aja, le Français exilé à Hollywood qui démoule de vagues films horrifiques et/ou catastrophés (et catastrophiques) pour ados gavés de pop-corn. On peut regretter qu’au cours de ce film pleinUn nanar de plus de la part d’Alexandre Aja, le Français exilé à Hollywood qui démoule de vagues films horrifiques et/ou catastrophés (et catastrophiques) pour ados gavés de pop-corn. On peut regretter qu’au cours de ce film plein d’innondations, l’on ait pas fait appel à ce bons vieux requins, lesquels étaient pourtant partants pour manger un morceau… ou plusieurs (morceaux) !

L’on s’est donc rabattu ici sur quelques crocos, ou plus précisément, vu ça se passe en Floride, sur des alligators très retors ! c’est la jolie Kaya Scodelario qui s’y colle et en tant que nageuse émérite, elle fait la course avec les sacs à main. Les effets spéciaux sont bien faits, la réalisation reste toujours de bon aloi… néanmoins, on reste sur sa faim et on trouve l’ensemble à la fois convenu et timide.

Tout cela manque en effet de mordant si je puis dire, et le scénar sent un peu trop le gros navet pas frais qui laisse fortement incrédule ; on ne s’ennuie pas, cependant… ou très peu. Mais l’héroïne reste étonnamment habillée pour ce genre de films : même pas un petit débardeur ? ou quelques vêtements déchirés ? non, non, ça pourrait être considéré comme sexiste, on vous dit ! ah je vous jure…… Expand
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GrantD243Aug 28, 2019
This is basically a direct-to-DVD film that somehow got a mainstream release AND critical acclaim. I gotta say, it surprised me how bad this film is considering how much buzz it got. It's predictable, it's laughable at times, and it's notThis is basically a direct-to-DVD film that somehow got a mainstream release AND critical acclaim. I gotta say, it surprised me how bad this film is considering how much buzz it got. It's predictable, it's laughable at times, and it's not particularly fun to watch. I looked at my watch numerous times to see how much time was left.… Expand
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hnestlyontheslyOct 7, 2019
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Wife asked me two questions afterwards over the phone: “Does she save the dad?” and “Does she actually trap the alligator in the shower?” I have seen this film for the express purpose of being able to answer these questions for you, dear reader. The trailer does in fact make it seem like there are a finite number of alligators, maybe four or five, and that one of the Big Showdowns will be the way in which Haley is able to successfully trick an alligator to follow her into a shower stall, but shockingly, there isn’t really a decisive showdown in the film. The gators end up being sort of secondary to the storm in a way that is both disappointing and gratifying, because it means that basically the film which is billed as a monster flick is actually more of an escape the house flick, which has a different set of rules. The gator she blinds about ten minutes into her entrance into the basement never comes up again. Actually, I’m hard-pressed to think of any gator who appears in more than a single shot in the film. I would be more upset about this misrepresentation if I had had any expectations of the quality of this movie in the first place. To be honest, I know the score when I’m the only **** in the movie theater not seeing The Lion King or The Art of Self-Defense.

The trailer to this movie is barely longer than the movie itself and shows you a shot from just about every scene but the last one. There are some scenes in the movie that seem like they were devised for the sole purpose of being included in the sizzle reel, cf. the six seconds when Haley has a gun in her possession in order to shoot the crocodile that has attacked her for taking the gun in the first place. For a movie that’s called “crawl,” there isn’t really that much crawling, either the swim-style or the baby-style. The basement fills up too quickly for much of that signature crawling you see in the trailer. The ending is mercifully abrupt, as if the film anticipates the audience’s rising impatience with the premise. The lack of talk about flood insurance and water damage is a little curious, sounds like a nightmare for their future finances, but I suppose Dave really didn’t have a lot of marketable skills beyond coaching his daughter’s swimming apparently, so maybe that financial point was moot already.

You should know better, but I’m not gonna judge.

Slate’s Keith Phipps’s line of how this film is a “throwback for a simpler time” got stuck in my head a few weeks ago.… Expand
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Rocky5489Oct 22, 2019
The alligators look fake (very bad CGI), the movie relies solely on predictable jump scares, and the acting is sub par.... need I say more?
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ROO_970Aug 14, 2020
Nope it was not good I did not like what i seen it was ass everything's predictable it just wasn't a good thriller/horror movie
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JLauSep 18, 2020
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. There's floods full of alligators but for some reason, nobody makes much effort to get out of the water.… Expand
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