The Shallows

Summary: A mere 200 yards from shore, surfer Nancy is attacked by a great white shark, with her short journey to safety becoming the ultimate contest of wills.

Release Date: June 24, 2016

Genres: Action, Drama, Horror

Director: Jaume Collet-Serra

Writer: Anthony Jaswinski

Runtime: 1 h 26 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Columbia Pictures, Weimaraner Republic Pictures, Ombra Films

Distributor: Sony Pictures Releasing

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 17,000,000

Domestic: $ 55,124,043

International: $ 63,976,715

Box office:

Budget:$17MDomestic:$55.1MInternational:$64MWorldwide:$119.1M

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The Rotten Tomatoes audience rated this -19% lower than the critics.

78%59%

The Metacritic audience rated this 4% higher than the critics.

Metacritic Meta:

59/100

Metacritic User:

63/100

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42% of the Stars & Main Cast are Female.

27% of the Stars & Main Cast are "diverse."

White72.73%Latino27.27%

2.00

Possibly woke elements:

strong female character

BechdeltestPassed!

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Message2/5
Role model3/5
Violence4/5
Sex1/5
Language4/5
Consumerism2/5
Drugs1/5

Dove

Language3/5
Violence3/5
Drugs1/5
Nudity2/5
Other2/5

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1 year later aerial camera shot against the odds alone against the odds american horror american in mexico anchor animal attack animal killing attack beach big wave bikini bilingualism bitten by a shark bitten in the leg black comedy blonde blood blood in water blood splatter body parts boy bra bravery broken wing buoy calling someone buddy camera camera phone cancer cat and mouse cell phone chain chase cleavage close up of eyes containment corpse coughing courage crab creature feature cut off jeans danger darkness dead animal dead whale death death of mother deception dehydration desperation die hard scenario diving dolphin driver drunk drunkard earring eaten alive eating human flesh electrocution epilogue escape escape attempt ethnic slur extreme close up f word facetime fast motion scene father daughter relationship father daughter talk father son relationship fear female protagonist fight with shark fin final showdown fire fish out of water flare flare gun flare gun as weapon flash forward flashback flesh eating foot closeup forest gangrene gash gopro gopro camera gore great white shark grindhouse film hell on earth helmet hidden beach high tide hispanic homage humpback whale hunger hypothermia impaled shark impalement improvised weapon in medias res island isolated isolation jaws jellyfish kicking a shark killed by a shark killer shark killing a shark ladder leg scar leg wound little boy little sister looking at the camera loss of mother low tide man eater man versus nature man wears an undershirt medical student mexican mexico minimal cast monster murder murder spree natural horror nature horror near death experience necklace no opening credits nonlinear timeline ocean old photograph one year later outsmarting the enemy palm tree panic paranoia photograph poetic justice power of observation predator prey psychotronic film purse race against time racial slur rash guard reef reference to galveston texas reference to steven seagal reference to uber rescue rescue attempt ripped in half rock running in slow motion sand scream screaming underwater sea seagull seawater secluded beach self surgery sexy woman shark shark attack shark bite shark feature shore showdown single father single parent single set production sister sister relationship sister sister talk slow motion scene smiley face soccer ball spandex split screen stabbing stalking stealing stopwatch strategy strong female character strong female protagonist strong willed subjective camera sunscreen surfboard surfer surfer girl surfing surprise ending survival suspense swimming swimsuit talking to a bird talking to an animal talking to self talking to the camera terror texas text messaging on screen texting thief throwback tidal wave tide tijuana mexico time limit torso cut in half tough woman tourist trapped two word title underwater scene vacation gone wrong victim video footage villain violence vomiting water wave waving whale whale carcass widower wine bottle woman in jeopardy woman wears a bikini woman wears denim shorts wound wristwatch yelling for help

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This film gets a 2/5 family friendly score

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Commonsensemedia Rating https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/the-shallows last updated: 2024-10-25Update data
Message 2/5	The theme/message of the movie is to persevere no matter what -- never quit.
Role model 3/5	Nancy keeps calm after the shark bites her and she's stranded. She decides that she isn't going to quit and will fight to the end. She stitches up her own wound, then observes the shark and tries to learn its patterns so she can outsmart it. That said, she does also hitchhike to a secluded beach by herself and keep surfing after locals have called it a day. Nancy's friend bails on her.
Violence 4/5	(Possible spoiler alert ahead!) Strong, frequent peril and plenty of blood. Nancy is bitten by the shark and bleeds. The shark jumps out of the water and eats someone. A man is pulled down into the water by the shark while Nancy tries to save him. A man crawls up on to the beach, but the lower half of his body is left behind. Viewers hear (but don't see) someone being eaten by a shark. The shark circles Nancy and jumps at her. Nancy stitches up her leg using her jewelry. A dead whale is shown half eaten and floating in the water. Nancy swims through a pocket of jellyfish and gets stung. Nancy is pummeled by the shark and by waves, which throw her into the coral. In a sad moment, Nancy says goodbye to her dad and sister in a video when she thinks she might not survive. She's pulled out of the water not breathing.
Sex 1/5	Close-up shots of Nancy's chest and butt. Nancy's friend meets a guy and texts Nancy to tell her not to wait up.
Language 4/5	Nancy says "Oh my God," "f--k," and "s--t" while taking on the shark.
Consumerism 2/5	Close-up shots of a Sony phone and its video call feature, Banana Boat sunscreen and a RipCurl wetsuit top. A Go Pro camera is used.
Drugs 1/5	A man is seen passed out on a beach with an empty bottle. Nancy's friend can't go surfing with her because she's too hung over.
Dove Rating https://dove.org/review/11950-the-shallows/
Language 3/5
Violence 3/5
Drugs 1/5
Nudity 2/5
Other 2/5

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