Jaws 3-D

Universal Pictures | Release Date: July 22, 1983

4.9	USER SCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 61 Ratings

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Kilroy5150Dec 11, 2019

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This movie, without a doubt, tried to rely more on star-power and less on story-line. The 3D (which was "in" at the time) was a bad idea too because the technology just didn't hit the way it does now.

I dunno, it seemed like they should have waited and done it 20 years later because the timing also was bad considering the competition and the movies that were coming in 1984 (like Ghostbusters) just killed the very little chance this movie might have had.

The story seems to pick up about 15 years after Jaws 2's timeline. There is very little mention of the past events and i don't even remember Roy Scheider's character even being mentioned (although his death was referenced in Jaws 4) in this movie any more than a passing thought.

The entrance of the sharks was so......convenient? And they seemed to be following the play-book to the absolute letter (at the start) then they just bring the sharks (baby then mother) out into the open.

The only real memory, from seeing that movie, was going "Hey, it's the guy from 'Manimal'!" (Simon MacCorkindale) who, if you weren't a kid growing up in the 70-80s, you would have almost no reference to understand who he was. The animation (from this age) was laughable but, back then, it was passable.

Let's sum it up: The story was just terrible, the structure changed too much and too fast, and some the characters were (in that era) at the top of their game.

The movie is "watchable" (like background or "i'm too stoned to get off the couch so i'll watch this") but not something you would (probably) waste time to see twice.… Expand

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SaviorGamingDec 24, 2017

Jaws 3D is completely unneeded and makes very little sense from a story point of view but had its moments of fun and excitement. The visuals even for its time were horrible the cast was underwhelming. Don't expect to much from this one.

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Josephgamers65Mar 27, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Jaws 3 is A movie where A Shark goes loose in SeaWorld Which to me had a good concept but the movie was not so good The scenes where something is moving slowly is horrible it's absolutely the worst Jaws 3 In this shark is not so good It hisses sometimes IDK what they were thinking about that And the Characters are just boring the only character I kinda like Calvin as a character where is the owner all round very funny movie u can watch to pass your time All round I give Jaws 3 An D… Expand

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r96skFeb 19, 2022

Yeah... not good. I don't dislike 'Jaws 3-D' as much as most evidently do, though.

Dennis Quaid and Bess Armstrong are actually pleasant in terms of the cast, none of those behind them are anything worth noting but are somewhat serviceable.Yeah... not good. I don't dislike 'Jaws 3-D' as much as most evidently do, though.

Dennis Quaid and Bess Armstrong are actually pleasant in terms of the cast, none of those behind them are anything worth noting but are somewhat serviceable. I will say I didn't enjoy the plot, but only because it lacked something worth watching - it's poor, not terrible. More of the shark was wanted, but I would personally say that about the preceding two films as well.

Parts of this 1983 flick that are terrible, though, are the special effects, especially right at the end. There is also some poorly done green screen and it, clearly, has a dire cover. There's no doubting this being made was a cash grab, that's basically the only reason to ever go 3-D, but a cash grab doesn't necessarily mean it's an awful film; which this isn't, in my opinion. It's simply bad. The cover is hilariously awful though, granted.… Expand

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Computey18Dec 26, 2022

This Movie is laughably bad. Its full of Wisconsin level of cheese, and very bad 3D and CGI.

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