Freshwater (2016) Reviews

• Stay out of it

  kosmasp2016-09-17

  A while ago there was a fake trailer, that set up a movie where a shark was in a swimming pool and everyone panicked because they didn't know what to do. It played finely and made great fun of many horror clichés, like people jumping into the pool, even though that was where the shark was and they still went in like lemmings on a suicide mission ... well you get the point. Why do I mention it? Well even though it's a "crocodile" here (well the CGI is so bad, you almost wish Ed Wood made this with some rubber alligator! Would've been a lot funnier!) and a lake, the people here seem to be as "stupid" as the ones in the fake trailer. Unfortunately it is not played for laughs, but they try to make it serious and fail on a big scale. Add to that the predictability, the bad writing, directing and "acting" and you have something that either can make a good party/drink film or you should just stay away from as far as possible. You kinda feel sorry for Alligators and Zoe Bell.

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• Sorry Zoë

  CrunchyBug2016-05-22

  I'm a sucker for a creature feature, but I just couldn't get through this one. Zoë Bell did her best. Most of the actors did, in fact. I've seen worse. Much worse. But you can't make a silk purse of a sow's ear. You just end up with a weird lookin' purse and a really angry pig. Or something like that. In any case, for me the two big problems were editing and visual effects. Obviously, in a creature feature, visual effects are your bread and butter. And, sadly, the bread and butter in this movie made for one laughable sandwich. I've seen smartphone apps that could superimpose digital effects more convincingly. Made me feel bad for the monster. Poor fella. As for the editing, it was just a bit... wonky. People standing still for just a beat too long at the start of a scene, for example. Just makes things seem a bit unnatural. And the movie's editing woes gave some scenes a really odd sense of timing. For example, the scene where the lady's playing fetch with her dog, Fluffy. Oddly cut and oddly timed with weird shots of a dog standing alone in the weeds... If you haven't seen the movie and you're a kinda confused trying to picture what I just said in your head, that's pretty much what it feels like watching the scene, too. I was really hoping I'd like this one, but I just couldn't. I'm sorry, Zoë.

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• OMG What A Waste of my 10 minutes!

  starmoon_912016-05-20

  I love horror movies and sometimes I don't even look at the scores since not many people might appreciate this genre. The score you see for this movie is absolutely true!!! I only lasted 10 minutes and I had to switch it off, it was awful! I normally tend to leave the movie on for a while even if the beginning seems boring or not appealing, you never know if I end up enjoying it after all. It's like judging a book by its cover. So I tried to watch this movie, but it was completely impossible to continue as soon as the alligator came on screen, it was so FAKE!!! The beginning was already a huge let down but I still tried! But trust me don't waste your time!

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• Not Great

  giffbirds2018-10-01

  Just your typical super gator killing teens movie.. or is it? So this movie had bad acting, bad editing, no real flow, and bad transitions. Honestly it felt like it was a high school movie project. Still thought, it was entertaining enough for me to watch until the end. For that, I'm glad because that was certainly an interesting twist or two at the end.

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• Freshwater Really!!!!

  smmouse042016-08-11

  I love action/mystery/horror at the best I times. However this movie really didn't hold and exceptions, couldn't believe I lasted till the end i the film. Only to find out the true happening of events on the lake. In this modern age you'd expect the special effects to be top notch, but they were terrible. From the outlining of the gator to the biting ????. The general story line was somewhat predictable, amazing at how the gator/event was always in the right place at the right time. Overall a very low budget movie, poor quality of cgi and scripture. Actors not too sad hats off to them. Won't be watching it anytime soon or would that be never.....

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