Not every shark movie can be “Jaws.” Or last year’s excellent “The Shallows.” Or even Saturday afternoon cable standard “Deep Blue Sea.” The latest entry in the shark movie subgenre, “47 Meters Down” creates moments of genuine dread and terror-driven giggles (at least for this shark-phobic critic), but its script is dumber than a bucket of chum.

After being broken up with by an unseen – and yet still omnipresent – guy named Stewart, Lisa (Mandy Moore, who had to have signed onto this before the success of “This Is Us“) and her sister Kate (Claire Holt) take a vacation to Mexico.

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