3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]here's a very funny turn by Christopher Lloyd, who does piranha risk assessment for the sheriff in his best Doc BACK TO THE FUTURE style."
Los Angeles Times

3 stars out of 5 -- "Ruthless and ridiculous, Aja's horror comedy has a purity of vision."
Box Office

"The movie should have been called JAWS GONE WILD....This MTV apocalypse delivers the goods." -- Grade: B-
Entertainment Weekly

"[A] pitch-perfect, guilty-pleasure serving of late-summer schlock that handily nails the tongue-in-cheek spirit of the Roger Corman original."
Hollywood Reporter

"[S]hamelessly entertaining....Aja tips his hat to Steven Spielberg and then it's off to the low-rent races."
Rolling Stone

"Ah, the pleasures of unapologetic, good-natured exploitation....Aja gets the tone just right..."
Movieline