this movie exceeded my expectations.i thought it would be decent to good,but's it's much better than that.it's a riveting,unrelenting thrill ride for the most part.in between the action,there are moments of calm and quiet,which allows the audience to release some built up tension and adrenaline.Blake Lively plays Nancy,a surfer who is attacked by a great white shark and has to fight for her life and make it to shore,which is only two hundred yards away but might as well be miles.the. rest of the movie details her struggle.Blake Lively carries the movie on her shoulders and is very good here,very convincing.there are some very graphic scenes,and one particularly gruesome scene,so be aware of that.the picture is a short one one,clocking in at one hour and twenty minutes,before the end credits,but there's a lot of movie jammed into those minutes.anyway,for me,The Shallows is a 9/10
Review of The Shallows
