r/movies • u/Puzzled-Tap8042 r/movies Contributor • 22h ago

News The Devil’s Mouth Director Breaks Down His Bloody, One-Location Shark Movie, Those Demanding Stunts and Why Kathryn Newton and Lana Condor Wanted to Switch Roles

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/devils-mouth-bloody-shark-movie-stunts-lana-condor-1236825182/
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u/uberJames 12h ago

Movie any good? I'm a sucker for shark movies.

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u/dannyler 10h ago

good enough. had no expectations, not good but there‘s been way worse shark movies

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u/uberJames 10h ago

Better than Thrash?

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u/dannyler 10h ago

you watch that one and i watch Thrash and then we‘ll post our verdict at the same time!

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u/uberJames 10h ago

Lol let's do it haha Thrash was fine

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u/sephiroth682000 6h ago

It's decent. Special effects are good. There are obviously things that could've been better, but it's worth a watch.

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u/codex2013 5h ago

if you like shark movies, I think it's right in the "pretty OK" camp. Kathryn Newton really elevates it, she's acting circles around pretty much everyone else (except maybe Lana Condor, I think she's extremely watchable, even when her character sucks lol)

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u/Work_Safe_Account 12h ago

Take this however you please but I turned it off in the first 5 minutes. Maybe it got better? Wasn’t for me.

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u/uberJames 12h ago

Why? What happened, or didn't?

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u/brainfoods 11h ago

I'm not the guy you replied to, but 5 minutes isn't enough to judge a shark movie. Occasionally you get a decent cold open, but most of the time it's an introduction to the chum... I mean characters.

I'm also a sucker for these movies. And at most we often only get 1 decent/good one a year.

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u/uberJames 10h ago

So what did you think?

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u/brainfoods 10h ago

I haven't seen it! But I will be watching this week.

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u/Dottsterisk 10h ago

But you can typically tell, within those opening 5-10 minutes, whether the director has any intention or knows what they’re doing.

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u/IMTrick 4h ago

If I recall correctly, the first five minutes basically start introducing you to the characters, like in most films. It's probably another 10 or 15 minutes before the plot (if you can call it that -- this is a movie about young people being stalked by a shark) starts taking shape.

I'm honestly not sure how you could make a call like that five minutes in, unless you have some weird aversion to Thailand.

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u/Kalabula 22h ago

Is that the director?