The Shallows

The Shallows

Rating 7 out of 10

I love to scuba dive and love the ocean.  So this movie was right in my wheelhouse.  Pretty blonde girls in bikini's don't hurt either.  Expectations were on medium with this movie so I wasn't expecting Jaws.  Just a good tension movie.  On that level I feel it delivers.  On a double date with the Hottie and friends this was a good way to start a Saturday evening.

Nancy (Blake Lively)  is a recent medical school drop out coping with the recent death of her mom to cancer.  She goes to Mexico with a friend to visit a magical beach that was special to her mom.  It's a very secluded beach kept secret from all the tourists.  When her friend bails she motors on without her to do some surfing.  Except for a couple local surfer dudes she has the whole area to herself.  When the guys leave she plans to do one more good ride on her surf board before heading back to the hotel.

That's when bad things happen.  A great white shark big enough to make Sheriff Brody run back to Amity for a bigger boat shows up and takes a nip out of her leg.  She is a good ways from shore and the only place she can go to is a small group of rocks visible due to low tide.  She plans to stick it out there until help arrives until she realizes when high tide comes in she will be in trouble.

The shark is very determined to eat this skinny blonde.  Blake Lively is pretty much the whole movie here and she does a good job.  A bit of a hokey ending keeps this from being a very good movie.  As is if you keep expectations on the lower side.