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The Abyss (1989): Scores Across IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB

The Abyss is a 1989 thriller, sci-fi film directed by James Cameron. It scores 7.5 on IMDb, 75% on Rotten Tomatoes, 62 on Metacritic, 7.4 on TMDB. Audiences and critics disagree: scaled to 100, IMDb users give it 75 while Metacritic critics give it 62, a gap of 13 points in favor of audiences. Ranked by confidence-weighted IMDb score, it is number 12 of 97 films from 1989 in our catalog and number 118 of 988 sci-fi films.

Billed cast: Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn, Leo Burmester, Todd Graff, John Bedford Lloyd.

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