The Dive
RLJE Films | Release Date: August 25, 2023 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
57
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Mixed or average reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
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4
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70
VarietyDennis HarveyAug 23, 2023
If The Dive’s final stretch feels a bit less urgent than what precedes it, one appreciates that the filmmakers did not pile on the usual melodramatic gotchas, hewing to a relatively realistic course of events. Read full review
60
EmpireJake CunninghamAug 24, 2023
The Dive uses its underwater setting to add new thrills to a formulaic survivalist story, even if its attempts at emotional depth end up feeling a little shallow. Read full review
60
Screen DailyAllan HunterAug 23, 2023
The film itself has a commendable logic and credibility, but perhaps lacks a little of the pulse-racing intensity that might have made it a more obviously commercial proposition. Read full review
60
The GuardianCath ClarkeAug 22, 2023
What follows is a race against the clock, cleverly constructed by director Maximilian Erlenwein and co-writer Joachim Hedén. Their script throws in plenty of calamities to nobble the diver’s escape, but didn’t quite manage – for me at least – to spark a vertiginous clammy terror. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoAug 25, 2023
The Dive feels routine, a soggy journey from point A to point B that doesn’t do anything interesting enough to make it stand out in the dog days of summer. Read full review
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