From the Depths (2020) User Reviews

But this wasn't a shark movie at all...

[paul_haakonsen · 3/10 · 30 January 2021]

I was lured in to watch "From the Depths" given the movie's cover/poster, which displayed a great white shark with its mouth wide open heading towards a woman in the water. So needless to say that I was expecting this to be a movie in the likes of, say I don't know, "Jaws" or "The Meg" perhaps.

However, what I ended up sitting down to watch was a drama about a woman whom had apparently been attacked by a shark a year ago and was now having trouble sleeping, as vivid dreams of a shark attacking her had her trembling with fear. And she was seeing the shark wherever she went, even out of water.

Yeah, this was a movie about a woman and her psychological issues coping with being the sole survivor of a shark attack and having problems adapting to her life situation and a potential new love interest. Except, there was a twist... And I will not spoil that, as you have to wait to the very end of the movie to see that for yourself. Believe you me, you'll be as dumbfounded as I was and just shaking your head in disbelief.

The movie was not a great movie in terms of entertainment or enjoyability. It was watchable, sure, but it was a movie that actually could just as easily be skipped entirely and your life wouldn't be any less complete without it.

The acting in the movie was adequate, when taking into consideration the severe limitations imposed by a poor script and storyline, and having fairly rigid characters to work with.

The CGI used in the movie was just laughably bad; it looked like something from a 1990s computer game. It was just unfathomable that something that horrible could pass in 2020.

Now, I can't claim to be familiar with the work of writer and director Jose Montesinos prior to this movie. But this particular 2020 movie wasn't a grand achievement.

If you enjoy shark movies, do yourself a favor and skip this movie, because it is not, and I repeat, it is not a shark movie.

My rating of "From the Depths" is a generous three out of ten stars.

Terribe Movie, what a waste of time....

[mattsimons · 1/10 · 10 March 2021]

This movie had no sharks, no plot and terrible acting. The "effects" were cheesy. Do not waste your time or money on this film. The movie cover/poster is misleading..

Based On True Events my behind....

[SJLiam · 1/10 · 17 April 2021]

I have a genuine fear of sharks and like to give myself a little jolt by seeking out shark movies. Even I did not flinch at ANY of the shark footage in this movie. Not only did it look incredibly fake, but it also comes up in the most ridiculous places (Hall Shark? Closet Shark?). And the ending was quite literally an SNL skit (Landshark). But, out of ALL the things in this movie that could really upset a person, I'm left with one haunting memory I cannot get out of my head. That dividing wall - the one with the spoons and forks... What was going on there? Why was that there? Who would have that in their home? This was the single most baffling thing in a film FULL of baffling things. Skip this one unless someone is holding a gun to your head and forcing you to watch it. Even then, I'd heavily weight the pros and cons.

Punish False & Misleading Advertising

[nidude · 1/10 · 7 February 2021]

Sorry that you made a drama about psychological fears and emotional scars but had no budget and decided to spend all you money on a poster to try to trick people into seeing it. Tricks on you. Your movie is garbage.

Embarrassingly Bad

[wiseguyclothing · 1/10 · 22 January 2021]

I am honestly so shocked at how bad this movie was, that I won't even bother explaining it. Story was horrible, acting was horrible, effects were horrible, and the list goes on.

Anyone who gives this movie over a 1 or 2 was either a part of the movie, related to someone in the movie, or paid to rate it highly. Period.

This is not a movie about sharks

[draftdubya · 1/10 · 19 January 2021]

They MADE SURE YOU KNEW THE TWO WOMEN WERE LESBIANS inn a happy relationship. I have nothing against lesbians, but the overly lovee dovee crap in movies is annoying(this includes the straight couple ones. This movie had to be written by someone who didn't pay attention to the crazy Karens of recent. She a suburbanite and goes full Karen at a lawn guy for making noise, when everyone in the burbs hire these guys. Somehow she thinks the shark is a he. Anyone who gets attacked by a shark are not going to pay attention to its claspers. This movie is worst than Sky Sharks.

what a waste of time

[salahrifai-38274 · 1/10 · 13 February 2021]

What a waste of time to watch this !!! there is no drama no horror no mystery nonthriller

Not a shark movie

[lynettekapernick · 1/10 · 16 February 2021]

Don't be fooled by the poster this is not a shark movie, it's just plain awful and the twist is just ridiculous. Don't waste your time, I wish I hadn't wasted mine.

Terrible Bait and Switch - Not about sharks

[Shadowking1001 · 1/10 · 1 November 2021]

In spite of the movie poster prominently displaying a Great White shark, this movie has nothing to do with sharks, except for some repetitive flashbacks. Feel so cheated!

Sharks in the Mind

[zardoz-13 · 2/10 · 7 May 2021]

A different kind of killer shark movie, "From the Depths" stars Angelica Briones as Liz, the survivor of a shark attack that killed her sister Payton and her boyfriend Seth. A twentysomething brunette cannot conquer her psychological fears about not only the experience of swimming with a predatory sharks in the sea but also about the reanimated corpses of her sister and boyfriend. Sleep deprived since the incident, Liz tuns to a psychologist to deal with her anxiety, but she doesn't have much luck until she has a relationship with a gorgeous African-American lesbian who persuades Liz to smoke pot and has sex with her. Writer & director Jose Montesinos has a good idea, but his amateurish cast, especially the impressionable Angelica Briones, who is the epitome of the girl next door, lacks the dramatic chops to carry the film. Recurring shots of her in steaming ocean water with a fin circling her get old fast. The memory of the ravenous shark plunders her brain. If that isn't enough the wannabe sharker brings back the corpses of both Payton and Seth, done up with Gothic make-up to look like the zombies, to haunt her. Not a complete loss of a movie, but the bad acting undercuts the sincere efforts of everybody involved. I got the impression at the end that Liz had been dead the entire time. The ending is really the only thing surprising about this saga. If you don't like lesbians, you should swim clear of this 85-minute epic.

Surprised

[lunefreespirittaco · 8/10 · 19 June 2021]

Apart from the bad special effects and costume make up the storyline was not that bad and I didnt expect the ending. Really not bad at all. Wouldn't call this a shark movie though.

Very good story

[janj1973 · 7/10 · 10 May 2021]

I thought this film was to low graded. So I thought I should a little review. This is film is not a shark movie! If you think it is like jaws or something then don't watch. It is also not very good actors. But, the story line, if you really think about it is very good. This psycological thriller reminded my of the shack which is based around a similar plot.

Well, just wanted to say that this movie might not be all bad.

A movie to fall into deep sleep with...

[ejmc111 · 1/10 · 6 September 2021]

After surviving this movie I am plagued by nightmares of never recovering the time it took to watch it, and hallucinations of visits from family and friends, who died of boredom trying to watch this film. It is easy to forget that this is a story about the effects of a shark attack when there are few scenes including sharks.

Don't be fooled by the cover art

[sarahlouiserescue · 1/10 · 7 April 2022]

This popped up on amazon as ive watched properly every single film ever made involving sharks so I thought yay one I've not seen.... well, 30 mins in im sat near enough falling asleep, all it is is a woman who can't sleep and feels guilty because she survived a shark attack the year before. After 30 mins I turned it off ( never have I done this before) read other reviews on here and thought phew it's not just me. Unless you wish to die of boredom don't bother wasting your time with this film. Also the lead actress is terrible.

What is this?

[thomasappelnilsson · 25 January 2021]

The shark is on the front cover of the movie and 10 seconds in the start of the movie. And thats it! Its a talking movie with love between same sex.

Strangely familiar scenes?

[jewgirl952-627-809996 · 1/10 · 19 October 2021]

To be fair, I have not yet watched the entire movie. However, I saw the trailer and, to my surprise, I saw a couple of scenes taken directly from Jaws 3D.

i almost feel bad ..... then i remember i dont have feelings

[godinamachine · 1/10 · 11 December 2021]

HEY EVERYBODY ITS ME, (4) to day we review JAWS PART 17 ....

okay .... so IF anyone has noticed yet i review movies ALOT ...like ..literally hundreds of films .... i have made films/worked on films , i have ties to big names in hollywood even (not bragging just saying) so i just love film ....its kind of my thing .....

and very few times .... do i not complete a movie once i hit start ..........

this ....is one of those times ............i love above all things indie films and film makers , because it takes alot of everything to do this .....

sometimes however ......... lol........ no ......... the pacing is wonky at best, maybe its the editing , maybe the atmospherical attempt with the music / scoring ...... but it just runs weird and makes you bored even when something happens on screen like shes having a night mare thing your like ... okay and ? .... it feels like the most bored suspenseful moment ever ....

i hate to do it but i got a 3rd in or so and i just started skipping around to see if it got better .... it pretty much runs the same through it seems ....... crazy chick ... some talking ... "nightmare " moment ... repeat .... then surprise ending ... that obviously isnt ..........

ive had more excitement watching my dog take a crap ......and it even had the suspenseful music ....

1/10

maybe it was good and im just being a jerk if so my bad ... but i honestly dont think i missed much ......

Sharkbaiting....you the viewer.

[Sleepin_Dragon · 2/10 · 2 July 2023]

Being the sole survivor of a shark attack, a young woman begins being haunted by visions of sharks.

I don't know why, but as soon as I see a shark, I'm hooked, and I think it's the same for many, sure we've all loved Jaws, we were all surprised by The Meg, we all tried Sharknado, surely From The Depths would at least be better than the latter, right?

.....wrong, this film had me wishing I had The Sci fi channel on, and had Sharknado running, even that was better. The shark could have been abutting, it could even have been a ferrel badger, only the marketing team know that people are hooked by killer sharks.

The acting wasn't very good sadly, the cast did their best, and you can only imagine how many green screens they had to react to.

The makeup team tried their best, but they must have been given 5 bucks and sent to a joke shop to buy the equipment. The special effects are sadly no better, they could have been done on someone's home PC about two decades ago.

The twist, had me reaching for the smelling salts, not through shock, more disbelief. I managed to get to the end of it, through dogged grit and determination.

Credit to The Marketing team, if you've watched it, they did their job well, and they deserve a star for that.

2/10.

Gawdawful

[mikenmarydusold · 1/10 · 13 March 2024]

A preposterous mash up of Incident at Owl Creek Bridge, An American Werewolf in London and a classic SNL skit. Amateur acting is no match when pitted against a sophomoric script that features a therapist who seems more enthralled than alarmed by her patient having auditory and visual hallucinations. Bargain basement special effects, combined with somewhat better than it deserves makeup application does nothing to forgive the, "I saw this coming from the opening credits" ending. Pedestrian, or rather tricycle, direction completes this sorry mess and you have background noise while you do jigsaw puzzles.

Don't waste your time!

[temporary_inzanity · 1/10 · 15 January 2023]

Firstly no idea how I managed to leave the movie running for its entirety!

Storyline pretty much non-existent. Cardboard acting. For some reason the movie was shot in the colour that only dogs see. CGI created on Microsoft paint. Ending which was both pointless & no way alluded to during the movie.

There was one point where a floating shark in the hallway that was so bad, they should have just used one of those kids helium balloon sharks with a fan!

Only high point I've now seen was a shark looks like in a glass.

The writer, producers, & everyone involved should apologise for ever creating this monstrosity!

You're welcome!

An Unseen Masterpiece Waiting to Surface

[sameko_shark · 8/10 · 30 June 2023]

Alright, so you know how it goes when a movie is just so under the radar it's practically in stealth mode, right? Well, that's pretty much the deal with 'From the Depths'. It's not exactly blowing up on IMDb or getting rave reviews in the mainstream media. But trust me, my take is different. I mean, I've gone through the trouble of adding Japanese subtitles to this thing, and let me tell you, that really immerses you in its world.

Despite featuring a bare-bones cast, the movie is a total knockout. Every character, every interaction just packs a punch. It's like finding a diamond in the rough, you know? Totally unexpected but totally worth it.

And let's not even get started on the fact that it hasn't made its way to Japan yet - not in cinemas, not on streaming, not even on DVD or Blu-ray. That's just a major bummer. As someone who stumbled upon this gem, added subtitles, and lived to tell the tale, I gotta say: it's a wild ride that everyone should get to experience.

So for all you lucky ducks who have a shot at watching 'From the Depths', don't snooze on it. It's not your typical popcorn flick, but man, it's something else. To my homies back in Japan, let's keep our fingers crossed and hope that this hidden gem will surface in our neck of the woods soon. It's a cinematic adventure that'll be worth every second of the wait. Trust me on this one, dudes and dudettes.

So funny

[emmazontok · 10/10 · 5 September 2022]

Its not supposed to be funny but it's literally so funny, the effects are so bad and the acting is terrible and girl is afraid of sharks and literally has a shark pillow in her room. When she pours a glass of water theres a shark in it, when the shark eats her at the end so good. But id have to say hallway shark is my fav. Or puddle shark. Definitely watch with your friends. Absolutely 10/10 movie, 100% wheeze worthy the shark pillow literally made cry i was laughing so hard. Literally anytime girl interacts with water u can assume there gonna be a shark in it, its so incredibly funny. Like i cant tell if its supposed to be or not but its so funny, the main character is so monotone. They show the same scene of the shark like four times its funnier every time. The people giving this a bad review have no sense of humor this was so funny.