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82
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81
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45
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35
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Shark Tale
DreamWorks Distribution LLC
GAMES:
MPAA RATING: PG for some mild language and crude humor
Starring
Will Smith,
Robert De Niro,
Renée Zellweger,
Jack Black,
Angelina Jolie,
Martin Scorsese,
Doug E. Doug,
and
Ziggy Marley
Oscar is a fast-talking little fish whose big dreams have a habit of landing him in hot water. Lenny is a great white shark with a sensitive side and a secret -- he's a vegetarian. When a great white lie turns Oscar into an improbable hero and the truth about Lenny makes him an outcast, the two become the most unlikely of friends. (DreamWorks)
| GENRE(S): |
Animation
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Comedy
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Rob Letterman
Damian Shannon
Mark Swift
Michael J. Wilson
|
| DIRECTED BY: |
Bibo Bergeron
Vicky Jenson
Rob Letterman
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: February 8, 2005
Video: February 8, 2005
Theatrical: October 1, 2004
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| RUNNING TIME: |
93 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
88
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
Represents solid family entertainment, and will find a special place in the hearts of those who adore the "Godfather" movies and the TV series "The Sopranos."

88
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
By riffing off two iconic American narratives of the last 35 years, "The Godfather" and "The Sopranos," it has changed the template for animation, making a timely film that still deals with timeless children's themes.

75
Miami Herald
Connie Ogle
What Shark Tale lacks in originality it makes up for with sassy humor, bright, effective animation and terrific vocal work.

75
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
Not wildly imaginative, and it has a tepid mix of movie references. But the physical environment and characters make it irresistible.

75
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
By avoiding the usual animation cliches, by keeping the story moving, the pictures pretty and the characters consistently amusing, director and co- writer Rob Letterman cobbles together an entertaining 90 minutes.

75
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
Boasts a really spectacular cast to voice those reasonably funny jokes.

70
Chicago Reader
J.R. Jones
This dazzling CGI feature by DreamWorks Animation appropriates the vivid undersea psychedelia of "Finding Nemo," though in contrast to that movie, the father-son parable here is just an excuse to burlesque "The Godfather" for the 100th time.

63
Baltimore Sun
Chris Kaltenbach
Shark Tale is "Finding Nemo" with bigger-name stars, far less heart and, the guess here is, about one-third the staying power.

63
USA Today
Claudia Puig
Story is everything and Shark's is rather thin and soupy, despite the winning improvisational skills of stars Will Smith and Jack Black.

60
The Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt
Comes off as an overly jokey but often quite entertaining spoof that should please families everywhere.

60
Newsweek
David Ansen
Full of invention, but under the colorful icing is a slightly stale cake.

60
Variety
Todd McCarthy
With the combination of mobster characters and heavily R&B, hip-hop and disco/soul tune orientation of the soundtrack, pic has a more streetwise feel than most animated fare, which is not to say that it has street smarts.

58
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
The noisiest laughs in this watery animated comedy are reserved for those who value self-referential winks above all else.

58
Portland Oregonian
Shawn Levy
Noisy, garish, cluttered, simplistic and often dark in content, it nevertheless sings and preens and jokes and tugs at you with such persistent verve that, exhausted, you give in.

58
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold
It's overblown and greedy and feels like more of a merchandizing scheme than a movie.

50
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
Where Finding Nemo suggested that under-the-waves adventure was limitless, Shark Tale suggests that this sea is over-fished. The krill is gone.

50
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
The movie lacks a port of entry for young viewers -- a character they can identify with. All of the major characters are adults with adult problems like debt, romance, and running (or swimming away from) the mob.

50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Liam Lacey
Though Shark Tale will make waves at the multiplexes and move a lot of plastic toys at Burger King, the movie lacks real heart. It feels like a cold-blooded, always moving, profit-making machine.

50
Time
Richard Corliss
The film has a hectic, sitcom air and a full-of-himself hero who is as likely to grate as to ingratiate.

50
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
It does not have as much invigorating freshness as audiences have come to expect in computer animation.

50
Premiere
Peter Debruge
If you were hoping to find another "Nemo," you're likely to be let down by this insincere and borderline unpleasant alternative.

50
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
It's stale, like something you wrap in yesterday's newspaper.

50
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
The screenplay isn't remotely as funny as it tries to be, and the visual style is equally unexciting.

50
The New York Times
Dana Stevens
Reasonably good fun, even if, in the end, it's not really very interesting.

40
Dallas Observer
Robert Wilonsky
It's stunning, really, to consider how much time and expense went into something so chintzy and dull--a script full of non sequiturs shouted by a screen full of chum.

40
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
The story leaves you snoozing with the fishes.
40
LA Weekly
Ella Taylor
Falls prey to the lazy assumption that a parade of whiz-bang CGI will cover for the absence of a muscular story.

40
Village Voice
Ed Park
Shark Tale's shallow plot and leagues of padding put it fully in the shadow of last year's animated underwater offering, the nifty, heartfelt "Finding Nemo."

40
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Scott Tobias
Every single joke, character detail, music montage, and pop-culture reference looks extensively market-tested, whether via screenings, focus groups, or other box-office successes.

40
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
Theres a surprising lack of surprises in DreamWorks answer to Disney/Pixars runaway smash "Finding Nemo."

40
Empire
Leslie Felperin
Although the vocal performances often amuse and delight, the overall design is charmless.

40
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
One soggy, charmless heap of chum.

38
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
Where "Nemo" was clever, soulful, and marvelous to look at, "Tale" is manic and surprisingly ugly, with a script that leans on the shallowest aspects of hip-hop street cred while pimping for corporate product placement at every turn.

30
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
This movie just doesn't match its predecessors.

25
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
A shipwreck. They say a dead fish stinks from the head first - but the animated shipwreck Shark Tale arrives reeking all over.

20
Film Threat
Pete Vonder Haar
Joyless, soulless.


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