Paul Lê Bloody Disgusting Jun 6, 2025 3.5/5

Bait doesn’t even begin to cross the threshold of madness that other subsequent sharksploitation movies have eagerly leapt over, but what it does do, it does well.

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Patrick Cavanaugh The Wolfman Cometh Sep 22, 2023 2/5

Manages to find a unique way to subject victims to shark-infested terror, though its premise is about the only interesting part of the entire experience.

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Jason Adams My New Plaid Pants Jul 2, 2021

The proof is in the pudding - not a single character ever utters a line about there needing to be a clean-up on aisle whatever.

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Jo-Ann Titmarsh CineVue Feb 2, 2019 1/5

What could have been a fun, over-the-top gore-fest becomes a serious movie about love, forgiving and sacrifice. Alas, the script -- what there is of it -- and the actors just can't pull it off.

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Abbie Bernstein Assignment X Jan 31, 2019 B

If you're an aficionado of the killer shark genre, it might be worth checking this one out at the multiplex, if only to cheer on an utterly insane idea that is made to work pretty well.

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Jamie Graham Total Film May 2, 2013 3/5

More funny than scary, it often feels like Deep Blue Sea meets The Mist... but what's wrong with that?

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Philip French Observer (UK) Apr 21, 2013

Bait is fairly exciting, ingenious, well designed, and is perhaps a clever advertisement for online grocery shopping.

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Derek Malcolm London Evening Standard Apr 19, 2013 2/5

Jaws it ain't.

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Peter Bradshaw Guardian Apr 18, 2013 3/5

It is all very silly, and more Corman than Spielberg, but entertaining.

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David Jenkins Little White Lies Apr 18, 2013 1/5

You've seen this movie without even seeing it.

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Matthew Turner ViewLondon Apr 18, 2013 4/5

Enormous fun, thanks to pacey direction, strong performances, a number of nicely handled gory bits and a script that pays close attention to the demands of the shark attack genre movie.

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Anton Bitel Sight & Sound Nov 15, 2012

Carp all you like at how subtext, plausibility and sense have been sacrificed to this film's high concept, but all the stereoscopic slaughter is irresistibly appealing.

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Dominic Corry Flicks (AU, NZ, UK) Nov 1, 2012 3/5

It's not spectacular, but it is good enough to see on the big screen.

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Steve Dread Central Oct 2, 2012 4/5

It's non-stop bloody fun from start to finish and one that you certainly should invite some friends over to dig on with you... again and again.

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Adam Ross The Aristocrat Sep 27, 2012 1/5

...my atheism will be cemented if this earns its money back.

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Matthew Toomey ABC Radio (Australia) Sep 22, 2012 C

Bait takes itself way too seriously and there are only a handful of witty one-liners. It leaves us with a flat thriller starring a bunch of characters we couldn't care less about.

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Jim Schembri 3AW Sep 21, 2012 2/5

Sounds like loads of fun - and it should have been.

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Matt Donato We Got This Covered Sep 21, 2012 6/10

To say Bait features flawed logic is an understatement, but what can you expect when a shark floats down the produce section of your local grocer?

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Margaret Pomeranz At the Movies (Australia) Sep 20, 2012 3.5/5

Think this is absolutely a genre film for a specific audience and I think it will deliver to that audience.

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David Stratton At the Movies (Australia) Sep 20, 2012 2.5/5

Would it have been so hard to find really interesting characters, characters to involve the audience and make us care as to whether or not they'll wind up as fish food?

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