Shark Night 3D
Relativity Media | Release Date: September 2, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
22
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
4
Negative:
10
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
65
MovielineAlison WillmoreSep 2, 2011
Shark Night isn't fantastic, but it's a good enough time, and it'll never be better than when it's watched with a rowdy crowd in a theater. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineSimon AbramsSep 2, 2011
It's refreshing to see Shark Night 3D director David R. Ellis try to pull off a semi-sincere second-generation "Jaws" rip-off, even if he doesn't quite succeed. Read full review
40
Village VoiceNick PinkertonSep 3, 2011
Aspires to nothing more or less than carrying along an audience through a string of unremarkable kills, often involving high-jumping fish. Read full review
40
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisSep 2, 2011
The result is a movie that isn't crummy, exactly, just blah: when the freakiest teeth on screen belong not to one of Walt Conti's animatronically realized sharks but to a good-ol'-boy called Red, you know you have a problem. Read full review
40
Time OutA.A. DowdSep 2, 2011
The equivalent of a skin flick in which all the sex scenes are tastefully obscured by blankets and sheets. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleSep 2, 2011
Stay past the credits, though, and you'll find a tongue-in-cheek rap video recap with the cast - and directed by star Dustin Milligan - that carries the kind of spoofy insouciance missing from the main attraction. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeSep 2, 2011
The PG-13 film is heavy on scenes of cloudy blood in the water but almost entirely lacking shock shots of flesh torn asunder. (And while marketing relies heavily on bikinis, the movie's light on that kind of flesh as well.) Read full review
30
VarietyRob NelsonSep 2, 2011
Unlike his "Snakes on a Plane," director David R. Ellis' sharks-in-a-lake thriller displays little sense of its scenario's camp potential. Gore, too, is in short supply on account of the pic's PG-13 rating, which renders the attack scenes nearly toothless. Read full review
25
Boston GlobeWesley MorrisSep 3, 2011
Heartlessness, stupidity, cynicism, and greed are a demoralizing combination for movie-going. We pay to see a movie that doesn't respect us for being there at all. Read full review
25
Entertainment WeeklyAdam MarkovitzSep 2, 2011
A ho-hum series of kills and lulls so predictable that it doesn't even look like much fun for the sharks; when they open wide, they might as well be yawning. Read full review
25
Orlando SentinelRoger MooreSep 2, 2011
The worst movie of the summer, arriving on the last weekend of the summer. Read full review
20
Boxoffice MagazineNick SchagerSep 2, 2011
A thoroughly shabby attempt to piggyback on the success of last year's "Piranha 3D," Shark Night 3D embraces convention with a voraciousness matched only by its predictability, amateurishness and all-around tameness. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanSep 2, 2011
The one crime a B-movie should never commit is boring its audience. By even these low standards, Shark Night 3D is dead in the water. Read full review
11
Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesSep 8, 2011
About as humorless – and joyless – as they come. Read full review
0
The A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonSep 2, 2011
Shark Night 3D barely bothered to show up, let alone deliver the minimal goods. Read full review
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