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Open Water
MEANRANK
52/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #5038
- IMDb #4863
- Google retired #3857
- Rotten Tomatoes #3605
- Metacritic #3149
- Letterboxd #5005
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2671
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #4855
- Metacritic Critics #2137
- Metacritic Audience #4376
- Criticker #3514
- Kinopoisk #4666
- AlloCiné #4610
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 29, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 71. Critics average 67, everyone else 48.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A busy couple goes on a scuba diving vacation in the Caribbean. Due to a careless mistake by the boat crew, they are accidentally left behind in the middle of the ocean. Stranded and alone with nothing but their scuba gear, they must fight for survival against dehydration, hypothermia, and circling sharks.
Details
- Director
- Chris Kentis
- Released
- 6 August 2004
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 79 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $120.0K
- Box office
- $54.7M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 5 nominations
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Cast
Awards & nominations
See all 7 →2 wins from 7 nominations across 3 ceremonies
| 31st Saturn Awards 2003 | Best Actress | Blanchard Ryan | Winner |
| 31st Saturn Awards 2003 | Best Horror or Thriller Film | N/A | Nominee |
| Fangoria Chainsaw Awards 2003 | Worst Film | N/A | Nominee |
| Fangoria Chainsaw Awards 2003 | Best Actress | Blanchard Ryan | Nominee |
| Fangoria Chainsaw Awards 2003 | Best Wide-Release Film | N/A | Nominee |
| Golden Trailer Awards 2003 | Best Thriller | N/A | Winner |
| Golden Trailer Awards 2003 | Best Independent | N/A | Nominee |
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×| Best Actress | Blanchard Ryan | Winner |
| Best Horror or Thriller Film | N/A | Nominee |
| Best Thriller | N/A | Winner |
| Best Independent | N/A | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Blanchard Ryan | Nominee |
| Best Wide-Release Film | N/A | Nominee |
| Worst Film | N/A | Nominee |