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Shot on digital video with a pair of unknown actors (Blanchard Ryan and Daniel Travis) who tread water for most of the film's brisk 79-minute running time,Open Wateris a fact-based exercise in primal fear that will scare the socks off anyone who dreads death from the deep, but it's familiar stuff if you've ever watched "Shark Week" on the Discovery Channel (which is mentioned in writer-director Chris Kentis's economical screenplay). If you can't accept that a trendy young couple could be accidentally abandoned during an open-sea diving excursion (but hey, it really happened!), then you'll surely be hooked by the intense what's-gonna-happen anxiety that escalates when the horrified vacationers realize they've got unwanted company. It's too easy to callOpen Watera poor man'sJaws, and the movie's too realistically frightening to be compared to the popcorn thrills ofDeep Blue Sea, so what you've got here is a shark movie that creates its own little low-budget niche. Before placing his actors in actual proximity to sharks, Kentis betrays them with some silly, bickering dialogue, but with adequate realism in its favor,Open Wateroffers a perfect excuse to stay on the beach.--Jeff Shannon
By: tneagle One of the most depressing movies I've ever seen.
Better take your Zoloft before you watch this one.
The second-best shark movie of all time Although it lacks the flair and power of Spielberg's masterpiece, Open Water stands up well against the classic Jaws. Like the older movie, Open Water's tension comes more from the little moments and the all-too-human reactions to a terrifying situation.
But if it doesn't have Spielberg's masterful touch, Open Water does have far more plausibility to it than Jaws ever did. (I've been left behind, briefly, by a dive boat myself, although they never got out of sight.) The terror of realizing how alone, how exposed and how vulnerable they are is where the icy horror of this movie comes from. It's not a thriller in the traditional sense, and is more disturbing than actually scary.
Definitely worth viewing for fans of Jaws, divers and those afraid to dive ...absolutly terrible this movie was by far the WORST movie i have ever seen.
BY FAR!!!
the filming was terrible....it looked like it was filmed on a really cheap video camera
the acting was so bad, you were just hoping that they got eaten by the sharks
you were honestly WISHHINGG that the movie would end. After about 30 min of the movie i was just hoping that it would end soon
the whole movie all they do is bob up and down in the water, without an attemt to savethemselves
and HTE ENDING!!! IT WAS THE WORST PART!!! you just kinda felt like "wwwhhhaaaaa???"
overall, this movie doesn't even deserve one starWhat you don't see Open Water is a gem. Low budget and shot on digital - which gives it that Blair Witch homemade/documentary feel - this film is superb. The tension boils slowly, after a bright, carefree start, as the two main characters, Daniel and Susan (two relatively unknowns before this movie) decide to go scuba diving. They are left behind and are left out in the 'open water.'
The horror is what you don't see rather than what you do see. All you get are brief glimpses of sharks beneath the surface of the water which gives for a more impact effect.
The story mirrors the true case of Eileen and Tom Lonergan, though there is no proof that they were attacked by sharks.
Your heart sinks as the scuba boat fades into the distance leaving Daniel and Susan bobbing up and down in the beautiful blue water (which gives a false sense to the dangers below).
The tension in the water is subtle and builds up to an ending that is surprising. The suspense is breathtaking. This film is a perfect example of talent (director and actors) outshining the budget.
This is a film I would probably wouldn't have watched, or even heard of, without the many great reviews it recieved, so I hope my review will help other people to decide to give this movie a try .
