Crawl

Move over, Jaws clones—Crawl is here to claim the summer movie season for the reptiles

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Ever get the feeling that some filmmakers are overthinking things? Nuance, insight, cinematic innovation, yes, they all have their place. But then, so do films that know they don't need that. That's no insult: After all, a great chef can make a perfect soufflé with five ingredients. That's Crawl, although the end result is delicious screams, rather than discussions about mouthfeel.

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The summer’s requisite man-versus-nature survivalist horror flick pits a young woman and her father against some hungry, toothsome creatures

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In a season of mostly underperforming franchise blockbusters, this tiny, trashy film is a fun change of pace

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A grim yet snappy little thriller.

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The film is more straight-faced than Alexandre Aja’s prior work, trading absurd kills for narrow escapes from gaping alligator jaws.

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Still, “Crawl” offers up an adequately engaging disaster package with storm and gator effects of gripping believability.

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Alexandre Aja's Sam Raimi-produced thriller pits a woman and her father against a hurricane and more alligators than you'd care to count.

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Piranha 3D director Alexandre Aja returns to the water for a lean, suspenseful tale of a father and daughter trapped in a flooding, predator-filled house

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Alexandre Aja’s creature feature stars Kaya Scodelario, Barry Pepper, two toothy predators and one script filled with hokey dialogue.

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Alexandre Aja feels like a hack-for-hire in this uninspired saga about alligators tormenting hurricane survivors

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A hurricane traps a father and daughter in a flooded basement with two alligators in a film that wants to be 'Jaws' set in an old dark house. If only.

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