Open Water

VERY REALISTIC!
After reading alot of bad reviews on

this movie, I thought I would hate it.

To my surprise, I really enjoyed it!

For such a low budget film, it was made

very well! It's a very realistic, true

story. Don't expect to see a Jaws type

movie, and you'll really enjoy it!

Fine Indie Film...Excellent DVD Package
This review refers to "Open Water",Widescreen DVD(Lion's Gate)...

"Open Water" is a very well made independent film, written, directed, and produced by husband and wife team Chris Kentis and Laura Lau. It's made on a small budget and uses unknown actors, Blanchard Ryan and Daniel Travis, both turning in fine performances, to tell the story. It is not a thriller in terms of an edge of your seat, nail biting, jumping off your seat, or hiding your eyes "Jaws" type of film. Rather it is a low-keyed, but tense look at an everyday couple who get left behind on a SCUBA diving outing.

I saw this film as more of a character study of the couple as they go through an entire range of emotions, while wondering when they will finally be rescued. At first, the calm, thinking only, it was a silly mistake, then anger and fear set in. Dealing with hunger and thirst, fatigue, and the elements of the sea, including injuries from Jellly Fish and visits from some menacing Sharks,...

SMALL, SUSPENSEFUL FILM
Open Water is NOT a big budgeted Hollywood movie. This is something that must be understood from the get go. This is only director Chris Kentis' second feature film. It was the first film for it's male lead Daniel Travis and the first starring role for female lead Blanchard Ryan. Moreover the film has the look and feel of a documentary in the way it's filmed. The sound is uneven in spots causing you to have to turn the volume up quite a bit higher than normal. So these things must be understood because they are certain to put off people who are used to much more polished looking films.

Susan and Daniel are a yuppie (is that still a valid term?) couple with hectic lives who take a rather rushed vacation to the caribbean. While there they take a scuba diving trip along with several other people. The organizers screw up the head count and when Daniel and Susan return to the surface they find that their boat has left them all alone in the middle of the ocean. This...

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