Piranha

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Piranha

R

2010

1h 28m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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Spring break turns gory when an underground tremor releases hundreds of prehistoric, carnivorous fish into Lake Victoria, a popular waterside resort. Local cop Julie Forester (Elisabeth Shue) must join forces with a band of unlikely strangers -- though they are badly outnumbered -- to destroy the ravenous creatures before everyone becomes fish food.

Critics Consensus

Playing exactly to expectations for a movie about killer fish run amok, Piranha 3-D dishes out gore, guffaws and gratuitous nudity with equal glee.

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Liam Lacey

Globe and Mail

03/29/2011

2/4

Piranha 3D is more funny than disgusting, even when screen fills with half-nude swimmers, bobbing like human dumplings in a roiling vat of borscht. This isn't just sick, it's clas-sick!

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

08/27/2010

2.5/4

Seen with a group of friends and in a packed theatre it is doubtful that if this is your cup of tea you're not going to walk away ecstatic afterwards.

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Elizabeth Weitzman

New York Daily News

08/26/2010

2/5

If you're looking for signs of intelligent life -- well, did you really expect to find them in a remake of a Seventies B-movie anyway?

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

Sep 12

4/5

Makes no effort to pretend it's anything it's not: an outrageous creature feature with buckets of blood and bikini babes.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

08/09/2023

1/4

The only shocking thing about the new movie from horror director Alexandre Aja is that it was released in theaters.

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Joe Lipsett

Horror Queers Podcast

04/25/2022

3.5/5

It's a shame about the less than stellar CGI because aside from bad FX Aja's take on American Spring Break is amusing, utterly ridiculous and hilarious. Kudos to casting names like Rhames and Shue, but O'Connell steals this show.

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Marshall

05/30/2023

idc what anyone says this is such a fun movie. I loved it even more second time watching

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Mickey B.

@Mickerdoo May 3

Comedy, gore and women. What more could you want from the genre? Even has some big hitters in the cast. I get the appeal.

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Marilou C

@RT15408870 Apr 15

I absolutely love it! The deaths are so original and yes there's is some nudes but not enough to go crazy about or disgust. The plot is good and not invading the piranha story, there's details, there's momments so exciting and you fall in love with some characters. I think every characters are well written and the end makes you eager for the second movie as soon as you finish it!

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Jack F

@MovieFan111 Dec 16

Great movie for the summer. I enjoyed it.

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Alexander S

@RT61935749 Oct 20

I don’t care what anyone says, Piranha 3D was glorious! A title like “Piranha 3D” is not intended to be high art. It's a cleverly stupid, cheesy and fun bloody romp that's impossible to resist! Grading: B

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acsdoug D

@acsdoug Oct 12

If you don't expect much it's worth a watch. It's a fast paced Jaws rip off with lots of blood and boobs, good lightweight entertainment.

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Synopsis

Spring break turns gory when an underground tremor releases hundreds of prehistoric, carnivorous fish into Lake Victoria, a popular waterside resort. Local cop Julie Forester (Elisabeth Shue) must join forces with a band of unlikely strangers -- though they are badly outnumbered -- to destroy the ravenous creatures before everyone becomes fish food.

Director: Alexandre Aja
Producer: Alexandre Aja, Mark Canton, Marc Toberoff, Grégory Levasseur
Screenwriter: Pete Goldfinger, Josh Stolberg
Distributor: Weinstein Co.
Production Co: Chako Film Company , Dimension Films, Atmosphere Entertainment MM LLC, Weinstein Company, Intellectual Properties Worldwide (I)
Rating: R (Gore|Language|Sexual Content|Strong Bloody Horror Violence|Graphic Nudity|Some Drug Use)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 20, 2010, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 16, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $25.0M
Runtime: 1h 28m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital, DTS