Jaws
1975
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FILMBOT SCORE
8.87
Action / Fight Choreography / Stunts
8.54
Justification
Jaws’ action plays like a masterclass in economical menace: choreography is inventive and memorable, coverage is lucid and pulse-quickening, and the practical stunts sell real danger with cinematic precision. It’s held back only by the leads’ limited stunt involvement and a quieter industry profile, yet every sequence earns its place in the service of story and suspense.
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8.3
8.77
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Ambition
8.59
Justification
Spielberg transforms a lean shark premise into something approaching modern myth, marrying daring formal choices—POV suggestion, Williams’ heartbeat score, agonizingly patient pacing—and audacious open‑sea logistics to deliver sustained, elemental dread. Its bravery is palpable even where deeper thematic excavation or auteurial multitasking might have sharpened the claws further.
Individual Runs
8.57
8.62
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Casting
9.17
Justification
The casting is ruthlessly effective: Scheider, Shaw and Dreyfuss inhabit their archetypes with lived-in specificity and combustible chemistry that powers the film’s tension, while the mix of a seasoned hand and a breakout star gives the ensemble both gravitas and electric unpredictability. Only the era’s narrow representation and a few stock small‑town types temper an otherwise near-flawless, veri
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9.12
9.22
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Characters
8.91
Justification
The characters register as one of the film’s greatest triumphs: a lean, vividly realized trio whose believable fears, obsessions and chemistry drive the drama and anchor a cast that serves tone and function with precision. Its weakness is deliberate economy—many townsfolk remain serviceable rather than fully plumbed, and only Brody undergoes clear change—yet the figures endure as genre-defining an
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8.89
8.94
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Cinematography
8.96
Justification
The cinematography is masterfully economical—sunlit horizons, judicious POVs and patient camera movement turn open water into a claustrophobic presence—yet it’s no technical exhibition: occasional angle choices, wet-set compromises and the mechanical shark’s limitations remind you the visual triumph is born of restraint and clever concealment rather than flashy invention.
Individual Runs
9.1
8.83
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Colour Grading
8.56
Justification
The colour grading is a quietly authoritative hand that turns sunlit leisure into encroaching menace—harmonising warm shore tones with cool, threatening sea hues to reinforce the film’s emotional shifts. Technically assured and faithful to Spielberg’s naturalistic vision, it occasionally flirts with highlighting and temperature inconsistencies and uses desaturation and grain sparingly rather than
Individual Runs
8.62
8.51
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Continuity / Plot Holes
9.02
Justification
Jaws mostly reads like a taut, well-wired machine: its predator premise, causal logic and temporal flow remain rock-solid, and character choices consistently serve the escalating stakes. Small production goofs and occasional spatial hiccups—the mismatched shark props and a few shot-to-shot slips—are cosmetic rust on an otherwise watertight narrative hull.
Individual Runs
8.9
9.13
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Direction
9.25
Justification
Spielberg’s direction turns pulp into an anatomy of dread: a confident, suspense-first voice that wields POV, Williams’ motif, and taut staging to extract vivid performances and cinematic momentum. Flawed only by costly production hiccups that occasionally show behind the craft, the helming remains a defining, deeply assured piece of cinematic control.
Individual Runs
9.29
9.22
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Editing
9.27
Justification
The editing is a cold, efficient scalpel: seamless continuity, taut pacing and razor-precise cuts that work with Williams’s score to manufacture suspense and sustain momentum. It’s brilliantly economical—few flashy experiments, occasionally conservative in technique—but that restraint sharpens the film’s dread rather than dulling it.
Individual Runs
9.12
9.42
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Execution Of Premise / Pitch / Concept
9.38
Justification
The film elevates a pellucid killer‑shark hook into a tense, character‑driven siege: masterful suspense, escalating stakes and a cohesive, cathartic climax make the premise feel much richer than its surface pitch. Only a balky mechanical shark and a few intentionally economical thematic threads prevent it from feeling utterly flawless.
Individual Runs
9.44
9.31
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Hair & Make Up
8.01
Justification
Makeup and hairstyling in Jaws favor purposeful restraint: sun-bleached, seaworn textures and believable wounds quietly anchor character and setting, with reliable continuity and seamless integration into production design. They rarely astonish—transformations and flashy prosthetics are minimal—but that sobriety serves the film’s realism rather than undermining it.
Individual Runs
8.01
8.01
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Immersion / Plausibility
9.45
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A near-perfect alchemy of small‑town specificity, meticulous production detail and a ruthlessly controlled tone keeps you utterly inside Amity’s dread-soaked world. Only the occasional practical constraint and a few tidy narrative conveniences remind you you’re watching a crafted thriller, not a documentary, but they’re woven in so smoothly they sharpen rather than shatter the suspense.
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9.45
9.45
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Intangibles
9.54
Justification
Jaws radiates a rare cinematic electricity: it evokes sustained dread, sculpts an immaculate mood with economy and a killer score, and contains multiple set pieces that feel like pure movie magic while birthing the modern summer blockbuster. Its charismatic trio and ingenious reliance on suggestion occasionally trade polish for raw, elemental tension, but that very roughness is part of its endurin
Individual Runs
9.5
9.58
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Lead Acting
8.76
Justification
The lead acting is a masterclass in nuance and chemistry—riveting subtlety, unforgettable monologues and well-placed improvisation give the characters vivid arcs and magnetic interplay. Physical demands are less showy but convincingly embodied, and the performance’s iconic, career-defining status seals its lasting impact despite a few restraint-driven limitations.
Individual Runs
8.62
8.9
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Originality
8.3
Justification
The shark premise itself wasn’t revolutionary, but Spielberg’s small‑town procedural framing, sharply individualized trio of protagonists and underwater POVs lift familiar material into something vividly new. Leaning on archetypal beats and a conventional structure, the film’s discipline, genre-mixing, adaptive reshaping and economy of menace nonetheless feel daring and profoundly influential.
Individual Runs
8.26
8.34
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Practical Effects / SFX
8.63
Justification
The film’s practical effects are a masterclass in resourceful, tactile filmmaking—animatronics and on-set rigs give the shark weight, menace, and unforgettable visual motifs that drive the suspense. They’re not flawless: close-ups sometimes reveal mechanical stiffness and rubbery texture, and quality fluctuates across sequences, but the ingenuity and physical presence more than compensate.
Individual Runs
8.87
8.4
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Predictability / Twists
7.43
Justification
Jaws isn’t a twist-filled whodunit so much as a masterclass in engineered shocks: the broad trajectory is plain, but Spielberg’s staging, John Williams’ score and well-placed character revelations (notably Quint’s backstory) turn predictable bones into sustained, earned dread. Its surprises are situational and deeply felt rather than gimmicky, occasionally telegraphed by genre tropes but ultimatel
Individual Runs
7.14
7.72
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Premise / Concept
9.33
Justification
The film’s premise is ruthlessly economical and brilliantly cinematic: a primal man‑vs‑nature threat transposed to a sunlit small town, instantly legible and charged with escalating stakes that drive suspense and character friction. Its strength is that elegant clarity—hauntingly memorable and marketable—though its simplicity, while pure, offers less built‑in franchise scaffolding than some sprawl
Individual Runs
9.3
9.36
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Production & Art Design
8.79
Justification
The production design anchors the film in a lived-in New England idyll whose weathered textures, cohesive coastal palette and painfully specific props (the Orca among them) turn setting into a storytelling engine that constantly amplifies suspense. Practical ingenuity and an understated, authentic aesthetic are mostly flawless, though occasional mechanical and continuity slips briefly reveal the a
Individual Runs
8.8
8.77
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Rewatchability
8.67
Justification
Its power to repay repeat viewings lies less in hidden twists than in the richly drawn trio, taut craftsmanship and Williamsian dread that reveal deeper notes of fear, masculinity and civic panic each time you return. Some shocks inevitably dull and a few effects or lines are lean or period-bound, but atmosphere, set pieces and cultural heft keep it compulsively rewatchable.
Individual Runs
8.59
8.75
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Score / Soundtrack
9.34
Justification
John Williams’s score is a masterclass in economical menace: the two‑note motif slices through the oceanic soundscape with surgical timing, orchestration and dynamic contrast that elevate suspense and have echoed through film music ever since. Its genius is spare rather than ornate—supremely effective and hugely influential, if not groundbreaking in instrumentation or rich diegetic variety.
Individual Runs
9.54
9.14
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Script / Screenplay / Dialogue
9.02
Justification
Austere, lean and relentlessly suspenseful, the screenplay rigs a masterclass in structure and dialogue—every scene earns its keep, the voices ring true and thematic undercurrents of fear and denial give the whole machine moral weight. Only occasionally do supporting figures flatten into outline and familiar tropes surface, but those small echoes never dent a script that balances economy with cine
Individual Runs
9.01
9.04
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Sound Design / Audio Mix
9.02
Justification
The sound design is a virtuoso of implication—iconic motifs, inventive foley and carefully layered surface/underwater textures that weaponize silence and dynamics to generate relentless suspense. A few vintage-format limits and occasional masking of dialogue temper the polish, but they never blunt the film’s enduring, genre-defining sonic impact.
Individual Runs
9.21
8.83
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Story
9.04
Justification
Austere, ruthlessly efficient storytelling turns summer panic into near-myth: the film’s iron-clad structure, escalating conflicts and taut narrative give Amity Island vivid life and emotional thrust. Minor lapses—occasional plot conveniences, a skimping of deeper moral ambiguity and borrowed tropes—temper but never topple a story that masterfully sustains suspense and payoff.
Individual Runs
9.03
9.05
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Support Acting
8.77
Justification
The supporting cast delivers a bracing, scene-stealing backbone: Quint’s grizzled swagger and Hooper’s layered restraint give the central trio electric chemistry, capped by a monologue that lingers like a knife. Yet not every boarder matches that texture—several smaller turns play flatter by design and an occasionally uneven accent keeps some edges from being entirely seamless.
Individual Runs
8.71
8.82
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Themes / Commentaries
8.77
Justification
The film’s themes land with rare clarity and are seamlessly braided into the thriller mechanics, offering resonant, timely commentary on civic responsibility, fear and human hubris that continues to provoke conversation. It sometimes leans on archetype rather than deep psychologizing and stops short of an outright auteur manifesto, but its metaphors remain potent rather than didactic.
Individual Runs
8.7
8.84
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Wardrobe / Costume
8.28
Justification
The costumes in Jaws feel lived-in and immaculately practical—Amity’s sun-bleached touristwear and working-boat gear sell the seaside world with unshowy precision and reliable durability. They serve character and action superbly, even as their conservative, deliberately unobtrusive palette limits moments of bold invention or dramatic wardrobe evolution.
Individual Runs
8.32
8.24
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