The Shallows-Kids’ Movie Review

Texas girl Nancy Adams (Blake Lively) travels to a secluded beach in Mexico to get away as she mourns the loss of her mother who had recently died of cancer. While Nancy is happy and content enjoying the beautiful beach and surfing the big waves…danger ensures. A great white shark suddenly attacks Nancy and leaves her severely injured and stranded on a giant rock about 200 yards from shore. Frightened and alone, Nancy must figure out a way to survive as the deadly predator continually circles around her waiting for it’s prey.

Rating: 4 out of 5 popcorn buckets
Release Date: September 27, 2016
MPAA Rating: PG13
Best Age Group: 13+
Sexual Content: Mild
Violent/Disturbing Content: Excessive
Crude or Profane Language: Mild
Drug and Alcohol Content: Mild
Will Teens Like It? Yes

Talking Points:

Through all the action and adventure the film highlights Nancy’s will and determination to keep fighting and never give up.

Sexual Content: Mild

Nancy wears a skimpy bikini.
We see male surfers flirting with Nancy.

Violent/Disturbing Content: Excessive

A great white shark brutally attacks several people. We see it dragging Nancy by her leg as the shark continually tortures her.
A man is attacked and we see a huge amount of blood in the ocean.
We see a man’s body on the beach torn in half by the ferocious shark.
After Nancy is attacked she begins to stitch her torn flesh together with her earrings.
We see Nancy’s foot turn purple and she claims that gangrene is setting in her limb.
Nancy uses a flair gun which causes the shark to briefly be in flames.

Crude or Profane Language: Mild