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Sharkwater
Sharkwater Productions

Sharkwater reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 59 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
7.4 out of 10
based on 11 reviews
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MPAA RATING: PG for images of animal cruelty, thematic elements, language and some smoking

Starring Patrick Moore, Erich Ritter, Rob Stewart, Paul Watson, and Boris Worm

Sharkwater takes you into the most shark rich waters of the world, exposing the exploitation and corruption surrounding the world's shark populations in the marine reserves of Cocos Island, Costa Rica and the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. (Sharkwater Productions)


GENRE(S): Documentary  
WRITTEN BY: Rob Stewart  
DIRECTED BY: Rob Stewart  
RELEASE DATE: Theatrical: November 2, 2007 
RUNNING TIME: 89 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: Canada 

What The Critics Said

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83
Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
This beautiful and urgent eco-doc takes a bite out of the shark mythology made indelible by "Jaws."
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83
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Gianni Truzzi
It may seem strange to contemplate the possibility that sharks are more victim than vicious. Yet after Stewart makes his case you may find them and their cause, as he does, all-consuming.
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75
Chicago Tribune Michael Esposito
Probably ranks as one of the most frightening shark movies ever---but sharks are the victims.
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70
The Hollywood Reporter Michael Rechtshaffen
Stewart's documentary is seldom less than compelling in its quest to raise international awareness about a situation that is threatening to put sharks on the endangered list.
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63
Boston Globe Mark Feeney
Undersea photographer Rob Stewart, who directed, wrote, narrated, stars in, and helped shoot Sharkwater, really, really loves sharks. He also fears for their future on the planet. His lively documentary makes you see why, on both counts.
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60
Variety David Rooney
As an eco-political inquiry, the film is compelling even if its grounding in scientific fact could be more solid.
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60
Los Angeles Times Staff (Not credited)
Ecological passion meets unquenchable self-aggrandizement in the beautifully filmed deep-blue-alert documentary Sharkwater.
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60
The New York Times Matt Zoller Seitz
Mr. Stewart dilutes the movie’s urgency by framing the subject within a “personal journey” format and selling himself as a hunky, sensitive martyr.
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50
Village Voice Aaron Hillis
No matter how much "Jaws"-hugging zeal he brings to the deck, Stewart has made a vain polemic that never addresses the finning industry's deep-seated cultural significance in Asia (where, rightly or wrongly, shark soup is a symbol of economic prestige), nor elaborates on how the disrupted ecosystem affects us humans.
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50
New York Post V.A. Musetto
Delivers an important message, and its underwater photography is breathtaking. But Stewart lessens the impact by focusing much too much on himself. Did he really have to go into detail about his own health problems? This should be a movie about sharks, not Stewart.
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50
Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov
Truth is, once again, stranger and far more interesting than fiction, but Stewart, whose youthful idealism makes for passionate but uneven filmmaking, should scuttle further oceanic pedantry and focus his lens on Watson's "good pirate" efforts to sabotage the "bad pirates" and save the sea.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 7.4 (out of 10) based on 7 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Brent S. gave it a10:
Check you math = it does not average out to 59 the movie needs to be seen by anyone who cars about our oceans!

LK M. gave it a9:
This is an important and poetic film with a beauty and deep spiritual connection to it's topic.

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