There’s a “hot” new movie on Netflix that has got a few people hot and bothered. Sous la Seine, AKA Under Paris.
Because the film features sharks, it has drawn the attention of some irked by the lack of scientific rigour.
Now, if you are planning on watching the movie and don’t want to risk even the tiniest of spoilers, you might want to read this later because I’m about to go into some of the complaints raised:
Sharks wouldn’t be defending their nests because they don’t have nests
That’s not how we do X Y Z with sharks/diving
Sharks aren’t monsters. Why are we demonising them…again?
Mako sharks just aren’t that big
I could go on about the inaccuracies. But this is a fictional horror movie. Should we expect it to be accurate or can we accept it for being just a flight of fancy?
Steven Spielberg, director of the Jaws movies, has spoken about his regret over how his movies - scenes like this - made people fearful of sharks and spurned on indiscriminate killing.
Now, with Sous La Seine, and indeed all those other shark horror movies, are we repeating the same mistake?
➡️ Learn more about how Jaws impacted people's perception of sharks.