Netflix and shark films have often been a winning combination in the past, and in recent days fans and critics have taken their hats off to a new title from this lucky genre, the son of Jaws by Steven Spielberg.
We’re talking about Under Parisa new French action-horror starring Oscar-nominated actress Bérénice Bejo released on Netflix on June 5th and immediately received with very positive reactions from critics and the public: at the time of writing this article, for example, so far boasts an impressive 80% score on Rotten Tomatoes.
“Netflix made one of the best shark movies ever made“, writes Stuart Heritage of The Guardian, who is echoed by Jonathan Wilson of Ready Steady Cut who writes: “It’s silly but not silly, quirky but not idiotic, violent but not gratuitous, and serious but not so serious that it’s not very funny.” Some critics have gone so far as to… compare it to other major films in the shark horror genreeven to Steven Spielberg’s 1975 masterpiece.”Netflix’s new thriller swims instead of sinks as it adds life to a genre that has been dormant for too long“, writes Michael Nordine of Variety, calling it “a shark movie worthy of swimming in the wake of Jaws“.
For other news, we remind you that a famous shark horror saga is about to return with the next chapter currently in production.
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