“3.5 stars…this new Australian thriller, I am pleased to say, really is a thriller. It is a credit to writer/directors Andrew Traucki and David Nerlich that Black Water is so compelling…The setting is provocative and creepy and Maeve Dermody is a revelation. I was thoroughly engaged … I even let out the odd shriek! .Black Water has real bite”
- Lisa Hensley, The Movie Show, SBS Television
“…one of the most harrowing fights for survival ever committed to film. Yes, I did say one of the most ... ever. Let me be clear about this, since I'm not prone to hyperbole: Black Water is a modern animal attack classic, a precocious little cousin to Jaws, and a far more accomplished film than the much ballyhooed Open Water”.
- Kerry Douglas Rye, UGO Networks, Underground Online
…a pleasingly tense outing that exceeds expectations…a simple but effective entry into the angry-monster movie cannon”
- Rod Yates, Empire
‘Splendid in its economy, Black Water gets a grip on our senses and never lets go’
– Andrew L. Urban – Urban Cinefile
“I enjoyed Black Water's deadly-serious approach to three travellers getting cornered by a saltwater croc…I liked these people, and didn't want them to end up as croc-fodder.
Which is an achievement in itself. And compared to the tedious Open Water, this was gripping stuff.”
– Jason Arnopp, Bloggery-Pokery, London