Mike Massie Gone With The Twins Sep 25, 2025 5/10

It never quite balances the adventure with the drama, but it’s far from unwatchable.

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Russell Davies Observer (UK) Apr 23, 2025

The fact is that Peter Yates has knocked himself out doing masterly underwater action sequences and aquatic stunts in the service of a woefully crummy book.

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Steve Warren The Barb (Atlanta) May 5, 2023

Everyone should be generally satisfied with it, and no one thoroughly entertained.

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David Nusair Reel Film Reviews Feb 26, 2023 2/4

...a potentially-stirring thriller that should’ve topped out at around an hour and a half...

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Tony Vandenberg Washington Blade May 23, 2022

A soggy adventure tale.

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Chris Ward Flickering Myth Sep 19, 2020

Get past the Jaws connections and The Deep is a good, but not great, underwater adventure with fleeting moments of excitement to keep you invested

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Rob Aldam Backseat Mafia Sep 10, 2020

Indeed, the underwater sequences are some of the best I've seen and easily the highlight of what is an entertaining action film.

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Sean Collier Box Office Prophets Sep 4, 2020 5/10

A sleepy, somewhat clunky ramble bookended by memorable scenes.

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Bernard Drew Gannett News Service Nov 1, 2019

In the end, like too many other recent thrillers, it is a triumph of matter over mind, but at least it holds your interest while you are watching it.

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Ruth Batchelor Los Angeles Free Press Oct 23, 2019

What you will come up with is good, solid, suspenseful entertainment that the whole family can go to, and you really have to search Deep to find that today.

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Fernando Trueba El Pais (Spain) Jul 26, 2019

The Deep is an interesting action movie that manages to keep us at the edge of our seats for an hour and a half. [Full Review in Spanish]

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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Jun 22, 2017 C+

The only thing deep about this thriller is the big budget.

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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Aug 11, 2012 C

This trashy underwater thriller, based on Benchley (Jaws) best-seller, was one of the year's most popular films, despite negative reviews.

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Christopher Null Filmcritic.com Jul 14, 2009 3.5/5

a memorable ride back to the shaggy '70s, and more than a little harrowing one.

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James Plath Movie Metropolis Jul 2, 2009 6/10

The Deep doesn't exactly give you the bends, but when you come up for air you realize that this was one cinematic dive that could have been deeper . . . and better edited.

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Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com Feb 11, 2008 4/5

Oh Jacqui Bisset, oh Jacqui.

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Vincent Canby New York Times May 9, 2005

The story, as well as Peter Yate's direction of it, is juvenile without being in any attractive way innocent, but the underwater sequences are nice enough, alternately beautiful and chilling.

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Rebecca Murray About.com Aug 26, 2004 3/5

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Jake Euker F5 (Wichita, KS) Jul 8, 2004 1/5

A sleek and empty vessel, inspired not by Jaws but by the boxoffice for Jaws.

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