
A couple on a holiday in the Caribbean decide to spend the day on a scuba diving trip. But was it the wrong decision? When a mis-count happens on the boat, Susan and Daniel are left behind in the middle of the ocean, the boat long gone. With all their hopes set on the boat coming back to rescue them, they try to keep themselves safe, especially when sharks start to appear.... (Full plot summary below)
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A couple on a holiday in the Caribbean decide to spend the day on a scuba diving trip. But was it the wrong decision? When a mis-count happens on the boat, Susan and Daniel are left behind in the middle of the ocean, the boat long gone. With all their hopes set on the boat coming back to rescue them, they try to keep themselves safe, especially when sharks start to appear.
Leave your thoughts about Open Water.
| CinemaBlend.comJoshua TylerJaws on a much more intimate and personal level. |
| Salt Lake TribuneSean P. MeansThe actors - particularly the star-in-the-making Ryan, who takes command of the screen - and Kentis conspire to tie the audience's nerves into knots. |
| Seattle TimesMoira MacDonaldIt's a very pure, basic kind of terror, nail-bitingly fun to watch; made more so by the startling realism of the sharks. |
| Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaWithout doubt one of the scariest, creepiest, gut-churningly unsettling pictures to come along in ages. |
| Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittWorth a dozen "Blair Witch Projects," with much more harrowing psychology and pithy dialogue. It's a bone-chilling plunge into no-holds-barred storytelling. |
| San Francisco ChronicleCarla MeyerThe nagging desire to help these people underscores the involvement of the audience in this superbly told story. You can almost taste the saltwater, and the fear. |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanIn spirit, Open Water reduces us to children peering through our fingers, waiting for the horrid deliverance we're not quite sure we want to see. |
| Film ThreatHeidi MartinuzziThe settings, the acting, and the emotions explode off the screen in a way that big Hollywood filmmakers can only dream of. |
| Fat Guys at the MoviesKevin CarrOpen Water is an excellent film because of its visceral simplicity. |
| The Stranger (Seattle, WA)Andrew Wright[Creates] the steadily mounting feeling that something could go terribly wrong at any moment, both in front of and behind the camera. |