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Open Water [DVD] [2004]

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2.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (80 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Daniel Travis, Saul Stein, Estelle Lau
  • Directors: Blanchard Ryan
  • Format: PAL, Widescreen
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Lions Gate Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 27 Dec 2004
  • Run Time: 81 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (80 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000679PXA
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 19,047 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Amazon.co.uk Review
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 Water is 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 call Open Water a poor man's Jaws, and the movie's too realistically frightening to be compared to the popcorn thrills of Deep 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 favour, Open Water offers a perfect excuse to stay on the beach. --Jeff Shannon

DVD Description
Commentary by Cast, Director and Producer. Interviews with Cast & Crew. Behind the scenes 'making of' documentary On the High Seas: The unexpected journey from small film concept to big cinema success Deleted scenes Shark and diving safety facts

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Why so negative?, 1 Feb 2007
By Bezerus Bezby "Bez" (Leeds, UK) - See all my reviews
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I have to say, I just do not get why some of the reviewers hate this film so much! Okay, it isn't blasting action in your face non stop, but that does not detract from the fact that this is simply a good film.

To sum up: Married couple living stressful lives decide to go on holiday. While there they go scuba diving and subsequently get left behind by the boat. Soon it becomes clear that they are not alone and there are some hungery sharks around!

Okay it isn't Jaws, but it is a compelling account of when the unthinkable happens. The characters, whether you like them or not, seem real and their relationship so also. The suspense of the film builds well and you genuinely find yourself crossing your fingers when the sharks apporoach.

If you like action/horror etc films then you probably won't like this, but if you see the film for what it is, you will enjoy it. Just don't write it off as others have done- it is good!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars If you only like Hollywood blockbusters, please do not watch this one., 4 Aug 2007
I have just seen this film and read the reviews thinking there would be lots of positive comments.

However, I was baffled by the so many negative comments towards this film; I really don't get what this people expected from this film.

It was simply enthralling.
The most terrifying moment is when the couple realized that they were left adrift in the middle of the sea and probably there was no way back.
IMHO many people are misinterpreting this film; it has nothing to do with sharks, or how to put up a fist fight against them. It's all about survival in the middle of nowhere, in this instance in open sea water, when all hope of a rescue has vanished.

This is certainly nothing like Jaws or any other typical Hollywood production, but a real life tragedy. If the shoe was in the other foot you would understand their plight and feeling of hopelessness.

Given that this movie is based on a true story, and the two main protagonists never lived to tell the tale we will never know about the real circunstances surrounding their terrible ordeal; all we can do is speculate, and that's preciselly what the producers did. Perhaps sharks played no part whatsoever in their termination, then again we will never find out now, will we?
We can only imagine that whichever way they died it was a very horrible, slow and terrifying way to go. Just thinking about it sends a shiver down my spine. This is not just an horror movie, it's terror.

Trust me, this is really a good film.
But if you expect this couple to do a Jaws, then this one is definitelly not for you!
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9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars I Can't believe how many stupid people didn't 'get' this film, 8 Aug 2006
By M. Bolt (Herts UK) - See all my reviews
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I am shocked at the bad reviews here. Frankly if you can't understand low budget filmmaking stick to Hollywood crap and have your brain atrophy from lack of quality and thoughtful filmmaking.
I loved this film, I thought the relationship between the couple was beautifully seen and the drama was all in the psychology and not in any unnecessary action sequences. I so wanted them to be rescued and the fact that they weren't was devastating because I had really warmed to the deeply human characters in this terrible situation.
Long live low budget filmmaking!
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1.0 out of 5 stars Life is too short to waste time watching this!
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