She doesn’t flirt with the boys, or use her looks to get her favours in the water.īeyond the obvious aesthetic appeal, Blake manages to weave The Shallows story singlehandedly, with few supporting actors and very little shared screen time.
Nancy Adams is first and foremost a surfer. Yet the thing about Blake is that she doesn’t flaunt her sexuality. Critics Consensus: Lean and solidly crafted, The Shallows transcends tired shark-attack tropes with nasty thrills and a powerful performance from Blake Lively. I’ve never seen a movie in which a woman who has been so severely injured still manages to look delicious. There will likely never be a shark attack film as unnerving and terrifying as Steven Spielberg’s iconic Jaws (1975), which primed movie going audiences for the notion of event cinema (now a taken-for-granted norm dependent on the mulch of endlessly recycled themes). She is the ultimate surfer girl: independent, resourceful, and dead set on getting her waves. The Shark Who Came in from the Deep: Collet-Serra’s Shark Attack Sticks to the Basics. However, we have an inkling, even before watching The Shallows that Nancy Adams (played by Blake Lively) will survive.įrom the opening scene to the last, Blake is wonderful. This week we review the new 'horror' movie 'The Shallows' starring Blake Lively, Blake Livelys Cleavage and a Shark It may be the most unintentionally fun. A surfer girl heads somewhere remote and gets chomped by a vengeful apex predator. The Shallows review: Blake Lively’s shark thriller, directed by B-movie maverick Jaume Collet Serra, will draw comparisons to Jaws, and often comes close. On the surface The Shallows looks like it will be a predictable fusion of Jaws, Soul Surfer and Blue Crush.