Definitely not as good as people say it is

Rating: Null/10 (19 February 2002)

I don't get this movie. A giant shark terrorising a beach on a small Island must be killed in order to continue making money on tourism (well, of course it's NOT only to be killed in order to make money on tourism, it just gave me this impression). This is the story? Or did I miss out on something? I'm sure someone could have come up with a better and more original script.

I had to see this movie twice to complete the whole movie since I fell asleep the fist time watching. Almost nothing exiting happens in the 125 minutes that it lasted, no suspense at all. Maybe I have a short attention span, but nothing scared me either to keep me awake or keep me interested. This was probably partially because the shark seemed very fake and unrealistic but the score by Williams really tried to cover up for this, and he almost succeeded.
There's not much to say about the acting, Richard Dreyfuss did best but he wasn't mind-blowing, though above average. As of the rest of the actors, they were simply average.
Some tell me to give it another chance (just saw it again yesterday), but as I do it only gets worse. Surely not a movie I can recommend to any. Maybe I'm being too hard on the movie but it just doesn't appeal to me.
6 out of 10