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2004 Certificate 15 Certificate 15 (TBC)
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An American couple, Daniel (Daniel Travis) and Susan (Blanchard Ryan) go on an island holiday to get a break from their workaholic lifestyles. The morning after arriving, the loving and rested couple, certified scuba divers, board a local dive boat for an underwater tour of the reef. The boat is crowded with other vacationers, .. Read more

Starring Blanchard Ryan, Daniel Travis, Saul Stein
Director Chris Kentis
Genres Drama

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Open Water

An American couple, Daniel (Daniel Travis) and Susan (Blanchard Ryan) go on an island holiday to get a break from their workaholic lifestyles. The morning after arriving, the loving and rested couple, certified scuba divers, board a local dive boat for an underwater tour of the reef. The boat is crowded with other vacationers, and due to a series of innocent miscommunications and a distracted crew, after only 40 minutes or so underwater, Daniel and Susan find themselves accidentally left behind. Cold, alone and miles from land they're adrift in shark-infested waters.

Starring Blanchard Ryan, Daniel Travis, Saul Stein
Director Chris Kentis
Studio WARNER HOME VIDEO
Run time DVD: 1 hr 19 mins
Watch now: 1 hr 20 mins
Certificate DVD: Certificate 15, Watch Online: Certificate 15 (TBC)
Collections Fictional Shark Films
Genres Drama
Language DVD: English
Watch Online: English
Subtitles DVD: None
Released DVD: 27 Dec 2004
Watch now: 13 Jul 2009
Production year: 2004
Watch now £2.49
Format DVD

  • Critics' reviews (4) of Open Water

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  • 3 stars out of 5

    The Blair Witch Project meets Jaws in this Sundance Festival hit from writer/director Chris Kentis. Blanchard Ryan and Daniel Travis play a couple who embark on a scuba diving excursion in the Caribbean, only to find themselves stranded in shark-infested waters with no sign of rescue. Shot on digital video, the film gains atmosphere from resembling an amateur undersea documentary; it's simple, short and effective because it leaves everything to the imagination. The fun and tension are constant: there's humour (Ryan blurting out in panic, “I wanted to go skiing”) and thrills both imagined and real, including the sudden appearance of a dorsal fin when you least expect it. Anyone frightened of shark attacks, or just the menacing sight of water lapping over the camera lens, can expect a full hands-in-front-of-eyes workout in this nail-biter with a surprising payoff.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

  • A bald demonstration that its not always a small world, this deliberately drab DV B-movie wont float... read more on Time Out

    • Time Out
    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

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  • 70 out of 88 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 1 star

    ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

    If there was an option for no stars this would get it.

    As long as there are idiots like me who rent this crap i suppose people will be allowed to make these films.

    It appeared to be a very poor documentry style film based very loosely on fact. At no point in this film did i feel these people were in any danger apart from getting hit by the camera, they couldn't even come up with an ending at all let alone one that would have made any sense of it all.

    Do yourself a favour and give this a miss....

      • A customer from Bilston
      • Posted 05 Jan 2005 22:22

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  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 2 stars

    Shoddy water

    I had heard good things about this film, but was disappointed when it actually cam to it. ok so the plot was based on a real life story and everyone knows it, but there wasnt much tensions and very little charcater deveopment. stick with Jaws

      • Moby from newcastle
      • Posted 29 May 2006 20:16

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    Open water swims to the top

    • 15 Sep 2004

    Open Water, the low budget shark-fest, has chomped its way to the top of the UK box office charts after a strong opening weekend in which it took over £1.9 million. Based a true story the film which shows the terror of a scuba-diving couple accidentally left out at sea with bull sharks for company has proven a surprise hit at the global box office. Open Water revels in its budget limitations, employing grainy digital camera and actual shots of real life sharks, rather than CGI renditions.... Read more

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