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Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press: What differentiates Open Water from similar stories recounted endlessly on cable television's Shark Weeks is its scrupulous avoidance of anything remotely contrived. Read more
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: Seen in a movie theater, preferably in the company of some shriek-prone friends, Open Water is nasty, discomfiting fun. Read more
Sid Smith, Chicago Tribune: A taut, 79-minute fright fest peppered with enough payoffs and glossed with a mournful philosophic overlay. Read more
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: It's a very pure, basic kind of terror, nail-bitingly fun to watch; made more so by the startling realism of the sharks. Read more
Carla Meyer, San Francisco Chronicle: The 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. Read more
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: ... a compact little gem that proves that low-low-budget films don't have to be always about couples squabbling in small rooms. Read more
Bill Muller, Arizona Republic: Although the movie was produced with few frills, Kentis keeps you watching. He adds to the tension gradually, and by the end, you're gripping the arms of your seat, wondering whether this pair will be rescued before, um, lunchtime. Read more
Ty Burr, Boston Globe: It's ridiculously cheap and terrifying at the same time. Read more
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: An expertly made suspense thriller based on an actual incident, but on a visceral level it's about as much fun as watching someone pull the wings off a butterfly. Read more
Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle: A low-budget indie film whose tension and realism are augmented by unknown actors who fully inhabit their roles. Read more
Paul Clinton (CNN.com), CNN.com: The unforgiving power of nature are all on display to amazing, and frightening, effect. Read more
Michael Booth, Denver Post: I'm here to tell you that Jaws is nothing. Jaws is now merely Flipper: Episode 127. Read more
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: Becomes a slow and steady descent into pure fear. Read more
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: Considered in its ham-handed entirety, Open Water feels more of an exercise in cinematic sadism. Read more
Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News: It's just two people, some sharks and a whole lot of ocean. Doesn't sound like much, but it proves more than enough to provide a taut, lonesome chill. Read more
Scott Foundas, L.A. Weekly: Just one tedious scene stretched out to feature length. Read more
Jan Stuart, Newsday: A gut-clutching plunge into primal-fear territory that is no less unsettling for having been made on a flipper and a prayer. Read more
Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture: Terrifying precisely because it doesn't go in for cheesy shock tactics and special effects. Read more
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: It should make you think hard about assuming only a big, effects-driven adventure can really give you your money's worth. Read more
Jami Bernard, New York Daily News: Kentis keeps it simple and direct, and the effect is devastating. Read more
Rex Reed, New York Observer: One of the most galvanizing and unforgettable films of the year. Read more
A.O. Scott, New York Times: This minimalist thriller evokes some deep and primal fears, but it is ultimately too under-dramatized to provoke anything more intense than squirming discomfort. Read more
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: Sharks are nature's most efficient killing machines. Open Water, which co-stars sharks, is the summer cinema's most efficient scaring machine. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Despite its flaws, I welcome Open Water with great enthusiasm, because it offers genuine scares and chills without the self-aware, packaged feel of many horror/thriller films. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Rarely, but sometimes, a movie can have an actual physical effect on you. It gets under your defenses and sidesteps the 'it's only a movie' reflex and creates a visceral feeling that might as well be real. Read more
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com: We, the audience, shuffle out of the theater, feeling drained and punished. Read more
Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune: It's just them, the water and us -- at least until the sharks show up. By the time they do, we're feeling almost as apprehensive as Susan and Daniel are. Read more
Peter Howell, Toronto Star: There are no Hollywood heroes in these waters, only two regular people ... plus you and me, huddling in the dark. Read more
Mike Clark, USA Today: A tiny movie about ocean fears that will flush that overrated The Blair Witch Project 20,000 leagues under the sea. Read more
Dennis Lim, Village Voice: Simply a stunt -- hopelessly literal-minded and cheap in every sense. Read more
Desson Thomson, Washington Post: As the clock ticks on, the sharks thresh and the dialogue continues to stagnate, you might just catch yourself wickedly thinking: Come on sharks, let's do this. Read more
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post: A taut, riveting, uncommonly well-made film. Read more