Jaws III

PG

Released Jul 22, 1983

1h 37m

Mystery & Thriller

Horror

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11%

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37 Reviews

17%

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100,000+ Ratings

After a young great white shark finds its way into a sea-themed park managed by Calvin Bouchard (Louis Gossett Jr.), workers try to capture it. But the facility's attempt to keep the shark in captivity has dire consequences: A much larger mother shark appears in search of its offspring. Among those who must battle the angry aquatic killing machine are marine biologist Kathryn Morgan (Bess Armstrong), her co-worker Mike Brody (Dennis Quaid) and a pair of friendly dolphins.

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Critics Consensus

A cheese-soaked ocean thriller with no evident reason to exist, Jaws 3 bellows forth with a plaintive yet ultimately unheeded cry to put this franchise out of viewers' misery.

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Matt Singer

ScreenCrush

No movie with Dennis Quaid holding a basset hound's ears to keep them out of his water bowl while pouring himself some coffee can be all bad. Jaws 3-D comes pretty close.

Rated: 3/10

Oct 14, 2018

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Variety Staff

Variety

Surprisingly tepid.

Dec 10, 2007

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Derek Adams

Time Out

Put in a baking tray, gas mark 7, and enjoy a turkey.

Jun 24, 2006

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Steve Warren

Bay Area Reporter

This Jaws doesn't bite -- it sucks.

Aug 14, 2024

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

Jaws 3 jumps the shark and makes a laughing stock of what was scary just once upon a time.

Rated: 1/5

Apr 21, 2022

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Jason Shawhan

Nashville Scene

It's got Louis Gossett Jr. and Dennis Quaid to add some respectability to the proceedings.

Sep 10, 2021

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Stanny R

Jaws 3 is predictably a bad film. Very poor CGI… like laughably bad. Fairly poor acting and story. I don’t understand why this franchise continues to follow the Brody family, especially when they use different actors. Out of focus shots way too often just all around bad film.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

09/04/24

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Audience Member

This film was just atrocious from beginning to end. This film really had no reason to exist, at least the last film still had Scheider in the lead. This one follows his kids from the last film, as they battle a shark of their own. The special effects are so bad they deserve a category of their own. Like too awful to be true or something. The acting felt wooden, almost like they did all of it in one take. The Jaws franchise astounds me with how bad it gets after the first one, you would think with the advances in technology and great source material they would get better right? Nope. They could have renamed this movie to whatever the hell they wanted and no one would have known it was a jaws movie. This is one of those so bad its good movies in my opinion which is keeping it from a .5 star rating. Watch it with your friends on bad movie night or something. Don't watch this if you want to come out of it having enjoyed your time. 1.5/5 stars.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

08/31/24

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Julian L

Everything a Jaws or Jaws 2 movie isn't. Boring, lazy, cheap special with terrible dialog and acting, and filled with plot holes and weak jump scares.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

08/30/24

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Xander W

I Think It Is Just Like Deep Blue Sea 2 But Better But Still The Worst Jaws Movie In The Francshice

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

08/09/24

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David C

No la recomiendo los efectos son chafas la historia es mu lenta casi toda la pelea oscura y no se ve el Jaws

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

07/24/24

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Levon F

I honestly don’t like this movie. The shark barely showed in this. Before I watched this, I heard about the idea that was in it. I honestly thought it the idea was good. But then when I watched it. I felt like I was watching 1 hour of people yapping.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

07/21/24

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Joe Alves

Director

Dennis Quaid

Michael "Mike" Brody

Bess Armstrong

Kathryn Morgan

Simon MacCorkindale

Philip FitzRoyce

Louis Gossett Jr.

Calvin Bouchard

John Putch

Sean Brody

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Synopsis

After a young great white shark finds its way into a sea-themed park managed by Calvin Bouchard (Louis Gossett Jr.), workers try to capture it. But the facility's attempt to keep the shark in captivity has dire consequences: A much larger mother shark appears in search of its offspring. Among those who must battle the angry aquatic killing machine are marine biologist Kathryn Morgan (Bess Armstrong), her co-worker Mike Brody (Dennis Quaid) and a pair of friendly dolphins.

Director: Joe Alves
Producer: Rupert Hitzig
Screenwriter: Richard Matheson, Carl Gottlieb
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Universal Pictures, Alan Landsburg Productions
Rating: PG
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 22, 1983, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 11, 2015
Runtime: 1h 37m
Sound Mix: Surround

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