Deep Blue Sea
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: July 28, 1999 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
54
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 22 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
7
Negative:
4
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
NewsweekDavid Ansen
Deep Blue Sea gives good rush -- earning its stripes as one terrific junk movie. Read full review
80
Dallas ObserverAndy Klein
Not everything in the film happens according to the traditional, overly familiar blueprint. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
An example of how expert action filmmaking and up-to-the-minute visual effects can transcend a workmanlike script and bring excitement to conventional genre material. Read full review
75
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
It proves capable of doing something that many more artistically ambitious films fail at: entertaining an audience for nearly two hours. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
One of the few big-fish horror films that still has the power to surprise. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
After slogging through the predictability of countless would-be action thrillers, I admired the sheer professionalism of this one, which doesn't transcend its genre, but at least honors it. Read full review
70
Film ThreatRon Wells
If distinctly uneven CGI, minimal originality and overly convenient plot devices turn you off, this may not be your film. Read full review
70
Washington PostDesson Thomson
This movie's entire raison d'etre (that's French for "shark meat") is to toy creatively with the "rules." Read full review
70
The New York TimesStephen Holden
Imagine a cut-rate "Titanic" stripped of romance and historical resonance and fused with "Jaws," shorn of mythic symbolism and without complex characters, and you have the essence of this live-action horror comic. Read full review
70
Chicago ReaderLisa Alspector
At once self-conscious and generic, this smart monster movie about smart monsters -- supersharks cleverer than the scientist who created them -- repeatedly lulls you into thinking it's paint by numbers. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyStaff(Not credited)
How refreshing: a big-budget, F/X-happy action flick that actually appears to be intentionally stupid. Read full review
60
VarietyRobert Koehler
Powered by exceptional displays of physical filmmaking, Deep Blue Sea is pulled back to shore by the usual suspects -- weak plotting and weaker dialogue. Read full review
60
Washington PostStephen Hunter
You have a movie in which sharks with triple-digit IQs hunt humans with double-digit IQs. It’s no contest. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Doug Saunders
One of those stupid movies that are good to relax with. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
The characters are two-dimensional and the story is intensely formulaic. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
A preposterously silly bit of work, chock-full-o' nuts and rife with the kind of plot holes you could drive a submersible ROV through. Read full review
40
The A.V. ClubKeith Phipps
It's every bit as silly as it sounds, sillier really. Read full review
40
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
One of those hellishly predictable digital-monster gauntlets that makes you pity the actors. Read full review
25
Chicago TribuneBarbara Shulgasser
Even overlooking the fundamental inanity of the movie, one is left to contend with some offensive racial stereotyping. Read full review
25
San Francisco ExaminerWesley Morris
Unsalvageable B-movie junk. Read full review
25
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
So uninvolving as basic storytelling that it quickly becomes boring. Read full review
20
The New YorkerDavid Denby
The disgraceful script is by Duncan Kennedy, Donna Powers, and Wayne Powers. Directed with occasional flashes of nasty wit by Renny Harlin. Read full review
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