Shark Tale

Name: Shark Tale
Genre: Comedy, Animation, Family
Released: October 1, 2004
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 48
Cast: Angelina Jolie, Renée Zellweger, Robert De Niro, Will Smith

2004

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DreamWorks Distribution | Release Date: October 1, 2004 | PG

Starring: Angelina Jolie, Renée Zellweger, Robert De Niro, Will Smith

Summary: 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)

Director: Bibo Bergeron and Rob Letterman and Vicky Jenson

Genre(s): Comedy, Animation, Family

Rating: PG

Runtime: 90 min

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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." Read full review

Jack Mathews

Not wildly imaginative, and it has a tepid mix of movie references. But the physical environment and characters make it irresistible. Read full review

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. Read full review

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. Read full review

Dana Stevens

Reasonably good fun, even if, in the end, it's not really very interesting. Read full review

Ella Taylor

Falls prey to the lazy assumption that a parade of whiz-bang CGI will cover for the absence of a muscular story. Read full review

Pete Vonder Haar

Joyless, soulless. Read full review

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ThisIsSparta666

Jun 9, 2017

Whatever this animated remake has done, it is extremely well-guared at DreamWorks Animation. It is the bodyguard of DreamWorks and looks like Finding Nemo and Dory both had more songs. It is such a musical. I really watch it. 10/10.

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Creepers200

Jun 9, 2017

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Jedi_Jettson

Jan 12, 2012

Its easy to compare it to Finding Nemo but the references to real-life and the singing is surprisingly clever and fancy and the cast is ambitious. Nevertheless compared to Finding Nemo, its plot teaches children why you should be yourself and not someone your not despite being different from others.

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Sosmooth1982

Jan 11, 2023

Not the best or worse movie i ever seen. I would say watch this with your kids when you can't find nothing to watch. Will Smith is the voice about a fish who is friends with a shark. They make up a story that he beats up the shark so all the other sharks would be afraid of him and not attackNot the best or worse movie i ever seen. I would say watch this with your kids when you can't find nothing to watch. Will Smith is the voice about a fish who is friends with a shark. They make up a story that he beats up the shark so all the other sharks would be afraid of him and not attack all the other fish.… Expand

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Iky009

Jan 3, 2014

Não sei o que dizer sobre esse filme, em certo momentos ele divertido e em outros tedioso, acho que não me dei bem com essa película acho ela um pouco desnecessária.

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

MovieLonely94

Jun 11, 2011

This CGI movie from Dreamworks Animation tells the story about Oscar, a fish who is tired of being called a "nobody", dreams of something big. One day, when he gets chased by a shark, an anchor kills it and Oscar tells a white lie in which it makes him a famous killer known as theThis CGI movie from Dreamworks Animation tells the story about Oscar, a fish who is tired of being called a "nobody", dreams of something big. One day, when he gets chased by a shark, an anchor kills it and Oscar tells a white lie in which it makes him a famous killer known as the "sharkslayer. He meets Lenny, a shark who turns out to be a vegetarian and ran away from his father Don Lino and realizes that his false claim has serious consequences as he tries to sort out the whole problem by telling the truth.

I caught a screening of this in theaters the same year it came out and I really enjoyed it, but a few years later, I've finally realized that this movie didn't turn out quite well.

The first problem I had with this movie was the moral lesson. In the ending scene where Oscar finally admits that he lied, he gets the money he had transferred to the Whale Wash where he now works as a manager. Is that what you want to teach your kids? That if you tell the truth, you will get what you want? I'm sorry, but that was very inexcusable.

Another problem that I had with this movie was the characters. They weren't even developed and were not that likable. At most of the scenes, they were very annoying and their personalities were too predictable.

I will give Dreamworks Animation credit for the CGI animation and art design plus the voice acting and music score included, but most of the time they were overshadowed by a poorly written storyline, bad jokes and puns, overused clichÃ©s from other CGI movies, and the villain voiced by Robert De Niro wasn't even threatening or diabolical.

Dreamworks, I love you, but if everyone has to pick at least one CGI movie that was bad, then frankly, this was it. Even though I loved it as a child, I seemed to hate it. It's watchable for the kids, but for the adults, however, it's not even entertaining.

I also really hated the fact that this clichÃ©d, unfunny CGI movie made so much money and became the highest grossing animated movies of 2004 (which Shrek 2 and The Incredibles held their own ranks.) because there was no way any bad CGI movie like this could make that amount of cash.

Overall, it isn't the worst CGI movie yet, but I think I've seen the worst parts in this movie and I've seen better Dreamworks animation movies than this. Sorry, Dreamworks, but this one deserves a good punch in the face.

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[Anonymous]

May 23, 2008

I'm not even gonna sugar-coat it. This has gotta be one of the worst movies I've seen in the last eight years. I hate this movie. Now I never wanna here the song Carwash ever again. This is the most retarded film since Barney's First Movie, and that was just terrible. This is I'm not even gonna sugar-coat it. This has gotta be one of the worst movies I've seen in the last eight years. I hate this movie. Now I never wanna here the song Carwash ever again. This is the most retarded film since Barney's First Movie, and that was just terrible. This is the first time I've ever had a problem with Will Smith or Angelina Jolie. And why would such a big-name actor/director/writer like Martin Scorsese sign on to such a souless, terrible piece of crap? This movie's script make Eragon seem like Shakespeare. The story was as thin as a slice of pizza. Stupid jokes that make no sense and had no reason to be heard. I was wonder what I would give it. 1? 2? But I had to focus on the ending, and that sucked just as much as the rest of the film. If anyone recommends this to you and you see it, I wouldn't speak to them in a long time. … Expand

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