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Piranha

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74% Tomatometer 133 Reviews 45% Audience Score 50,000+ Ratings
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. Read More Read Less
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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 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! Rated: 2/4 Mar 29, 2011 Full Review Sara Michelle Fetters MovieFreak.com 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. Rated: 2.5/4 Aug 27, 2010 Full Review Elizabeth Weitzman New York Daily News 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? Rated: 2/5 Aug 26, 2010 Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review The only shocking thing about the new movie from horror director Alexandre Aja is that it was released in theaters. Rated: 1/4 Aug 9, 2023 Full Review Joe Lipsett Horror Queers Podcast 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. Rated: 3.5/5 Apr 25, 2022 Full Review Trace Thurman Horror Queers Podcast Delightfully absurd and over-the-top in all the right ways, Piranha 3D makes for a fantastically self-aware horror comedy. Rated: 4/5 Apr 7, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Marshall idc what anyone says this is such a fun movie. I loved it even more second time watching Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/30/23 Full Review Max S Bad movie, bad cgi, bad trama, bad writing, bad acting, even though it had some good actors (Elisabeth Shue and Adam Scott) Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 06/21/24 Full Review Bubble0sevem G Movie seems to rely on tits and ass as even that side can't save this piece of garbage Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/25/24 Full Review Beatriz ESSE FILME É UMA OFENSA AO CINEMA, NÃO SERVE NEM PARAR RIR E SÓ FOCA EM PEITOS E BUNDA O FILME TODO!! ESSE ROTEIRO FOI FEITO POR UM ADOLECENTE QUE NUNCA BATEU PUNHETA NA VIDA E A DIREÇÃO É A MESMA COISA , ERA MAIS FACIL VER XVIDOS Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/24 Full Review Gaming U One of horrors blatant money grab remakes Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 12/04/23 Full Review David W Great cast (although most are limited to cameo parts) and a more than decent killer fish B-movie. Some decent gore, special effects and plenty of gags. Enjoyed this horror comedy much more than I expected to. Kids shouldn't be watching this anyway but just in case be warned that there's quite a lot of boobs on show. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 11/29/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

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
Mark Canton, Marc Toberoff, Alexandre Aja, Grégory Levasseur
Screenwriter
Pete Goldfinger, Josh Stolberg
Distributor
Weinstein Co.
Production Co
Atmosphere Entertainment MM LLC, Weinstein Company, Chako Film Company , Dimension Films
Rating
R (Strong Bloody Horror Violence|Some Drug Use|Language|Gore|Sexual Content|Graphic Nudity)
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
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