The Shallows

"What was once in the deep is now in the shallows."

2016 1h 26m EN

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6.4

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78%

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6.3

IMDB

★6.4TMDB · 5,446🍅78%Rotten Tomatoes●59Metacritic★6.3IMDB · 150,701

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Synopsis

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While surfing on a secluded beach, Nancy finds herself in the feeding grounds of a great white shark. Though stranded only 200 yards from shore, survival proves to be the ultimate test of wills, requiring all of her ingenuity, resourcefulness, and fortitude.

“What was once in the deep is now in the shallows.”

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Cast

Blake Lively
Nancy Adams
Óscar Jaenada
Carlos
Brett Cullen
Father
Janelle Bailey
Mother
Sedona Legge
Chloe Adams
Pablo Calva
Carlo's Son
Diego Espejel
Intoxicated Man
Ava Dean
Young Nancy

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
Writers: Anthony Jaswinski
Languages: English, Spanish
Countries: Australia, Spain, United States of America

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RUNTIME

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86 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

MONEY

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Made its money back 7.0× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 10 years ago.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.

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5 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 3 countries: Australia, Spain, United States of America.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, shot by Flavio Martínez Labiano. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Marco Beltrami. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Joel Negron shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Jaume Collet-Serra directs. Flavio Martínez Labiano behind the camera. Marco Beltrami scores. Joel Negron cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in Australia, Spain, United States of America. Dialogue in English, Spanish.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

186 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Made its money back 7.0× over at the box office.
3Released 10 years ago.
4Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.
5International production across 3 countries: Australia, Spain, United States of America.
6Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, shot by Flavio Martínez Labiano. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Marco Beltrami. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Joel Negron shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Blake Lively and Óscar Jaenada and Brett Cullen carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "What was once in the deep is now in the shallows.".
11IMDB entry: tt4052882 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Classified under 27 themes, including "surfing", "surfer", "island", "mexico".

The technical file

Cinematography: Flavio Martínez Labiano
Original score: Marco Beltrami
Editing: Joel Negron
Production design: Hugh Bateup
Costume design: Kym Barrett
Makeup / hair: Gail Kane
VFX supervisor: José Manuel Weil
Sound: Brandon Jones
Stunt coordinator: Glenn Ruehland
Runtime: 86 min · 1h 26m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $17,000,000
Box office: $119,100,758
Return: 701% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: The Shallows (2016)
Rotten Tomatoes: 78% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 59/100
IMDB rating: 6.3/10 · 150,701 votes
MPAA: PG-13

Awards

1 win & 15 nominations total

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The Movie Waffler2016-07-21
All you should need to make a good movie is a girl and a shark, but Serra fails to deliver the basics, instead fashioning a movie that too often resembles a female oriented riff on an '80s Old Spice commercial. The Shallows is a damp squib. Read the full review at http://www.themoviewaffler.com/2016/07/new-release-review-shallows.html
Simon Foster2016-08-19
"Jaume Collet-Serra’s woman-vs-wild thriller is beautiful, bigscreen Hollywood nonsense that manoeuvres/manipulates the viewer into the kind of submissive state only the finest summer crowd-pleasers can achieve..." Read the full review here: http://screen-space.squarespace.com/reviews/2016/8/19/the-shallows.html
Reno2016-10-24
★ 7/10
Very close to the shore, yet too far and dangerous to attempt. I'm sure you have seen shark attack films like 'Jaws', 'Deep Blue Sea' et cetera, and yep this another one to add to that collection. But this was something very neatly done, I mean for the most of the parts. Looked so real, so I thought it might end up top among its similar theme. In the end, I was little disappointed, because of the shark. The portrayal of shark was very natural, until the last half an hour. Then it becomes the common film gimmick when the animal was obsessed to kill its target at any cost. I am a huge animal fan, but I have never seen a live shark in my life and that does not mean I don't know anything about them. Thanks to the nature television networks and what I saw in this film was very disappointing if you love wild animals. I am not supporting the shark here, I'm just talking about its behaviour. It was not right, other than that, I definitely enjoyed the film. In fact, except the final few minutes, since the shark got pumped up, I had no issue and the best shark attack film. But the final battle ruined overall favour I'm going to give to it, what I thought this film deserved. Great location, and Blake Lively was unbelievably awesome. In the initial part, she was very sexy, but once the narration shifted its focus on surfing and later shark attack, everything changed. The entire film was edgy, I think very nicely written screenplay. It was a limited cast film and nearly the whole film takes place very close to the shore. A good start, neatly maintained mid part, but a below par conclusion, that's what I think about the film. Slightly missed to be a great film in the line of '127 Hours'. In fact, this looks like a sea version of that film. But I still recommend it, because it's worth. 6.5/10