Shark Tale
Metascore
48 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 36 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 23 out of 36
  3. Negative: 4 out of 36
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  1. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Ty Burr
    38
    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.
  2. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Pete Vonder Haar
    20
    Joyless, soulless.
  3. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    25
    A shipwreck. They say a dead fish stinks from the head first - but the animated shipwreck Shark Tale arrives reeking all over.
  4. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Desson Thomson
    30
    This movie just doesn't match its predecessors.

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User Score
5.3 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 78 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 42
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 42
  3. Negative: 21 out of 42
  1. Todd
    2
    It isn't Pixar. It is Dreamworks. Pixar couldn't produce such crap even if they tried.
  2. grandpajoe6191
    4
    Despite a ensemble 'voice' cast, "Shark Tale" is a normal Dream works animation with the obvious hero path formula intended to scrap money out of the audience.… Full Review »
  3. Zilcell
    2
    Whatever Shark Tale has done, Finding Nemo does an awful lot better. The story is lame and the adult humor will not make sense to most who see this. I didn't like the visuals, which make it even worse. It is hard to stomach.… Full Review »
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