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Jaws 2

Jaws 2

Horror · Thriller · 1978

Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.

Movie details

Jaws 2

“Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water...”

1978 Horror · Thriller 1h 57m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

5.8 / 10

92K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

56 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

51 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

6.0 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Jaws 2?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

Taste neighbourhood

Nearby on the taste map.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Jeannot Szwarc

Written by

Carl Gottlieb · Howard Sackler · Peter Benchley

Roy Scheider

Roy Scheider

Police Chief Martin Brody

Lorraine Gary

Lorraine Gary

Ellen Brody

Murray Hamilton

Murray Hamilton

Mayor Larry Vaughn

Joseph Mascolo

Joseph Mascolo

Len Peterson

Jeffrey Kramer

Jeffrey Kramer

Hendricks

Collin Wilcox Paxton

Collin Wilcox Paxton

Dr. Lureen Elkins

Ann Dusenberry

Ann Dusenberry

Tina Wilcox

Court is in session

Put Jaws 2 on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Adrenaline Seeker

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Prestige Tourist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.