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37 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75ConsequenceJoe LipsettConsequenceJoe LipsettUnderwater is a solid creature feature that isn’t afraid to acknowledge its sub-genre predecessors. Kristen Stewart shines amidst a mostly likable cast, anchoring a film that moves at a relatively brisk clip, particularly in its bombastic opening and closing sequences.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThis is a creature feature, whose gory jump-scares and icktastic critter design are the reason you're here. An ensemble led by Kristen Stewart brings credible camaraderie to the scenario without quite matching the vivid chemistry of Alien and its best descendants; with such a tightly packed survival tale ahead of them, though, few viewers will be calling out for more character development.
- 63Chicago TribuneKatie WalshChicago TribuneKatie WalshUnderwater never quite breaches the surface from good to great, though this well-appointed creature feature proves to be an excellent showcase for Stewart’s screen presence.
- 60IGNRosie KnightIGNRosie KnightUnderwater is a slick yet flawed sci-fi thriller that never quite breaches greatness.
- 60Screen DailyTim GriersonScreen DailyTim GriersonUnderwater is hampered by some of the genre’s silliest conventions — questionable character motivations, delusions of grandeur — but the movie nonetheless succeeds by capitalising on an elemental terror: underwater, it’s very hard to see the dangers right in front of you.
- 57TheWrapYolanda MachadoTheWrapYolanda MachadoI felt frustrated walking out of Underwater: Here’s a movie with good production values, a great leading actress, and a fantastic score, yet it gets so lost trying to figure out what story it wanted to tell that it completely forgets to form a connection with the audience.
- 40The GuardianBenjamin LeeThe GuardianBenjamin LeeWhat frustrates me most about Underwater is just how very little it brings to the table. It’s a solid, competently directed regurgitation of an oft-told tale that never manages to justify its own existence
- 40Screen RantMolly FreemanScreen RantMolly FreemanAltogether Underwater is a middling movie that spans multiple genres, from sci-fi and thriller to action and horror, and can't seem to focus on any specific one.
- 38Slant MagazineSlant MagazineWilliam Eubank’s Underwater is neither a too-big-to-fail event film nor a relatively low-budget genre sleeper. In other words, it doesn’t put in the effort to reach for the heights of Alien or plant its tongue firmly in cheek a la Deep Blue Sea.
- 30VarietyOwen GleibermanVarietyOwen GleibermanUnderwater is a stupefying entertainment in which every claustrophobic space and apocalyptic crash of water registers as a slick visual trigger, yet it’s all built on top of a dramatic void. It’s boredom in Sensurround.