Shark Night 3D 2011

Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: Director David R. Ellis has delivered a heartless, suspense-free 100 minutes of sharks dining out on kids stuck on an island in a Louisiana lake. Read more

Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: A second round is out of the question. Unless, of course, they called it "Gladys Knight 3D.'' Then all is forgiven. Read more

Adam Markovitz, Entertainment Weekly: A ho-hum series of kills and lulls so predictable that it doesn't even look like much fun for the sharks; when they open wide, they might as well be yawning. Read more

Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: The result is a movie that isn't crummy, exactly, just blah: when the freakiest teeth on screen belong not to one of Walt Conti's animatronically realized sharks but to a good-ol'-boy called Red, you know you have a problem. Read more

Tasha Robinson, AV Club: It doesn't even live up to the minimal promises of the title: There isn't enough shark action, it mostly takes place during the day, and the 3-D only asserts itself in a couple of shots. Read more

Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: Sharks have it bad enough as endangered, misunderstood predators with a terrible public relations image without seeing their serial-killing stardom drowned out by hammy acting and torture-porn villainy. Read more

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: The one crime a B-movie should never commit is boring its audience. By even these low standards, "Shark Night 3D" is dead in the water. Read more

Alonso Duralde, TheWrap: This limp teens-in-peril fright flick doesn't even deserve to swim in the same bloody waters as Piranha 3D; frankly, there were more genuine jolts in Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer. Read more

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Linda Barnard, Toronto Star: The sharks are rubber and the performances are wooden and that's just about all you need to know. Read more

Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice: Shark Night, handled with impersonality by Snakes on a Plane pilot David R. Ellis, aspires to nothing more or less than carrying along an audience through a string of unremarkable kills, often involving high-jumping fish. Read more