Open Water, a cutting edge survival film about a married couple stranded in the ocean during a scuba-diving trip, has been surrounded by a lot of hype and a load of malarky.

The buzz, part of which is being generated by the movie's shark-infested sales pitch, positions this modest effort as a new millennium answer to Steven Spielberg's big-budget thriller Jaws. Wrong!
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Open Water, like the predators it stars, is a methodical, merciless engine of fear.

Made on a measly budget ($130,000 US), this bare-bones thriller with no stars and little in the way of Hollywood-style shocks took a big bite out of audiences at January's Sundance Film Festival -- and for good reason.
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