The sequels are not held in such high regard . Many reviewers criticized '' Jaws 2 '' director Jeannot Szwarc for showing more of the shark than the first film had , reducing the Hitchcockian notion " that the greatest suspense derives from the unseen and the unknown , and that the imagination is capable of conceiving far worse than the materialization of a mere mechanical monster . " The performances of Scheider , Gary , and Hamilton in '' Jaws 2 '' were praised . However , the teenagers , who are " irritating and incessantly screaming ... do n't make for very sympathetic victims . " Reception for '' Jaws 3-D '' was generally poor . '' Variety '' calls it " tepid " and suggests that Alves " fails to linger long enough on the Great White . " It has an 11 % " rotten " rating at Rotten Tomatoes . The 3-D was criticized as being a gimmick to attract audiences to the aging series and for being ineffective . Derek Winnert says that " with Richard Matheson 's name on the script you 'd expect a better yarn " although he continues to say that the film " is entirely watchable with a big pack of popcorn . " '' Jaws : The Revenge '' attracted the poorest critical reception of the series and was nominated for Worst Picture in the 1987 Golden Raspberry Awards . It was rated by '' Entertainment Weekly '' as one of " The 25 Worst Sequels Ever Made . " Roger Ebert said that it " is not simply a bad movie , but also a stupid and incompetent one . " He lists several elements that he finds unbelievable including that Ellen is " haunted by flashbacks to events where she was not present . " Ebert also laments that Michael Caine could not attend the ceremony to collect his Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor earned for '' Hannah and Her Sisters '' because of his shooting commitments on this film
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