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NUMBERS
Box Office: $469,939
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CONSENSUS
Below is a creepy, claustrophobic exercise in style.
CAST & CREW
Matt Davis, Bruce Greenwood, Olivia Williams
Directed by David Twohy
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SYNOPSIS
In 1943, the crew of the U.S.S. Tiger Shark, an American submarine in the Atlantic, rescues three survivors of a British hospital ship that came under German attack. more...
MPAA RATING
R, language and some sexuality
RUNTIME
1 hour, 45 minutes
RELEASE DATES
Theatrical: Oct 11, 2002
Video: Mar 11, 2003
RELEASE COMPANY
Dimension Films
GENRE
Horror/Suspense, Ghosts, Horror, War, World War II, Supernatural, Submarines
OFFICIAL SITE
• The Official Below Site
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 "Below is well below expectations."
-- Staci Layne Wilson, FANTASTICA DAILY
 "Twohy is not only skilled at building and maintaining suspense, he’s also aware that a cast chock full of experienced character actors is the right fit for a haunted sub flick."
-- Phil Villarreal, ARIZONA DAILY STAR
"..."Below” is just a slightly above average thriller..."
-- Tony Toscano, TALKING PICTURES
"A solidly seaworthy chiller."
-- Tor Thorsen, REEL.COM
"The limited sets and small confined and dark spaces also are homages to a classic low-budget film noir movie."
-- Michael Szymanski, ZAP2IT.COM
"A gripping little B-movie of more mood than substance, Below nonetheless delivers on its modest promises."
-- Brent Simon, ENTERTAINMENT TODAY
"An edge of the seat war flick."
-- Chuck Schwartz, CRANKY CRITIC®
"A crisp psychological drama [and] a fascinating little thriller that would have been perfect for an old "Twilight Zone" episode."
-- Steve Rhodes, STEVE RHODES' INTERNET REVIEWS
"an exceedingly clever piece of cinema.another great ‘what you don’t see’ is much more terrifying than what you do see thriller, coupled with some arresting effects, incandescent tones and stupendous performances"
-- Clint Morris, MOVIEHOLE
"Half Submarine flick, Half Ghost Story, All in one criminally neglected film"
-- Brian Mckay, EFILMCRITIC.COM
"Every moment crackles with tension, and by the end of the flick, you're on the edge of your seat."
-- Eric Lurio, GREENWICH VILLAGE GAZETTE
"Combine the paranoid claustrophobia of a submarine movie with the unsettling spookiness of the supernatural -- why didn't Hollywood think of this sooner?"
-- Josh Larsen, SUN PUBLICATIONS (CHICAGO, IL)
"Gaping plot holes sink this 'sub'-standard thriller and drag audience enthusiasm to crush depth."
-- Christine James, BOXOFFICE MAGAZINE
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"Twohy's a good yarn-spinner, and ultimately the story compels."
-- Luke Y. Thompson, NEW TIMES
"Distinctly sub-par...more likely to drown a viewer in boredom than to send any shivers down his spine."
-- Frank Swietek, ONE GUY'S OPINION
"Thanks to strong acting and low-key direction, Below stays above water in atmosphere and suspense."
-- Gerry Shamray, SUN NEWSPAPERS OF CLEVELAND
"As underwater ghost stories go, Below casts its spooky net out into the Atlantic Ocean and spits it back, grizzled and charred, somewhere northwest of the Bermuda Triangle."
-- Elias Savada, NITRATE ONLINE
"Exciting and direct, with ghost imagery that shows just enough to keep us on our toes."
-- Eugene Novikov, FILM BLATHER
"This is an exercise in chilling style, and Twohy films the sub, inside and out, with an eye on preserving a sense of mystery."
-- Roger Moore, ORLANDO SENTINEL
"Situations don't come much more claustrophobic, and if the payoff doesn't quite live up to the build-up, the film is still an enjoyable exercise in claustrophobic suspense."
-- Maitland McDonagh, TV GUIDE'S MOVIE GUIDE
"There is nothing outstanding about this film, but it is good enough and will likely be appreciated most by sailors and folks who know their way around a submarine."
-- Jean Lowerison, SAN DIEGO METROPOLITAN
"...has freaky scenes where the crew wonder if they're ghosts imagining themselves as alive. It's a sly wink to The Others without becoming a postmodern joke, made creepy by its "men in a sardine can" warped logic."
-- Jeremiah Kipp, MATINEE MAGAZINE
"Consistently clever and suspenseful."
-- Chris Hewitt, ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS
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ROTTEN 48%
Avg. Rating: 6.2/10 |
"Twohy knows how to inflate the mundane into the scarifying, and gets full mileage out of the rolling of a stray barrel or the unexpected blast of a phonograph record."
-- Jan Stuart, NEWSDAY
"Directed by David Twohy with the same great eye for eerie understatement that he brought to Pitch Black."
-- Lisa Schwarzbaum, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
"With more character development this might have been an eerie thriller; with better payoffs, it could have been a thinking man's monster movie."
-- Janice Page, BOSTON GLOBE
"...begins with promise, but runs aground after being snared in its own tangled plot."
-- Bill Muller, ARIZONA REPUBLIC
"Distances you by throwing out so many red herrings, so many false scares, that the genuine ones barely register."
-- John Monaghan, DETROIT FREE PRESS
"While the mystery surrounding the nature of the boat's malediction remains intriguing enough to sustain mild interest, the picture refuses to offer much accompanying sustenance in the way of characterization, humor or plain old popcorn fun."
-- Todd McCarthy, VARIETY
"It's basically an overlong episode of Tales from the Crypt."
-- Lou Lumenick, NEW YORK POST
"Below may not mark Mr. Twohy's emergence into the mainstream, but his promise remains undiminished."
-- Dave Kehr, NEW YORK TIMES
"It's not original enough."
-- Stephen Hunter, WASHINGTON POST
"An enjoyable, if occasionally flawed, experiment."
-- Desson Howe, WASHINGTON POST
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"The movie stays afloat thanks to its hallucinatory production design."
-- Justin Hartung, CITYSEARCH
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* In fairness to critics whose last name begins with a letter at the end of the alphabet, certain pages are sorted in reverse order, z-a.
* Certain "Below" article data provided by the Movie Review Query Engine.
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