 Critical reaction to Into the Blue is about as low-key as the reaction to The Greatest Game Every Played. Consider the comments of Roger Ebert (who awards the film three stars): "Into the Blue offers modest pleasures. It is not an essential film, but if you go to see it, it will not insult your intelligence, and there's genuine suspense toward the end." If that's not the kind of review that will send you racing to your local multiplex, consider this one by Roger Moore in the Orlando Sentinel: "Into the Blue is a brutally competent thriller, decently cast, adequately acted and magnificently photographed." He especially likes the photographs of star Jessica Alba. So does Bob Longino in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "Here's what you need to know about Into the Blue," he writes. "The Bahamas looks like a great place to go scuba diving, and Jessica Alba, tanner than you've ever seen her, mostly wears a skimpy bikini." Bob Strauss in the Los Angeles Daily News gives the film favorable marks for: "Buff bods. Fantastic fish. Silly thriller twists, trolled along at a leisurely but increasingly suspenseful pace. Some funny lines and a shark attack or two. Did we mention there are buff bods?" That's precisely the appraisal of Peter Howell in the Toronto Star, who comments: "Into the Blue exists primarily to show beautiful female and male bodies in the water, with a bit of buried-treasure drama tossed in to make this seem like a movie rather than a strip show." Philip Wuntch in the Dallas Morning News is also impressed by the photography. "In its favor, the treasure-hunt adventure has some modestly good underwater scenes, complete with interesting fish," he writes. "Still, a trip to the aquarium would probably be livelier." |
