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Shark Tale

Play trailer 2:12 Poster for Shark Tale PG 2004 1h 30m Kids & Family Comedy Adventure Animation Play Trailer Watchlist
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35% Tomatometer 181 Reviews 47% Popcornmeter 250,000+ Ratings
Underachiever Oscar (Will Smith) is a pint-sized fish with grand aspirations. When mob-connected great white shark Frankie (Michael Imperioli) is accidentally killed, Oscar concocts a story with Frankie's peace-loving brother Lenny (Jack Black) that it was he who murdered the shark. Suddenly hailed "Sharkslayer" by his aquatic brethren, Oscar has bigger fish to fry when Frankie's father, mob boss Don Lino (Robert De Niro), dispatches his henchmen to track down his son's killer.
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Derivative and full of pop culture in-jokes.

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Bob Longino Atlanta Journal-Constitution 10/09/2023
D+
This is a loud, visually busy, offensive in its obviousness and virtually empty computer-animated film from DreamWorks. Go to Full Review
David Stratton At the Movies (Australia) 07/29/2015
4/5
I laughed quite a lot during this film. Go to Full Review
Nell Minow Common Sense Media 12/28/2010
4/5
Fast, fresh, funny action comedy set undersea. Go to Full Review
Mat Brunet AniMat's Review (YouTube) 02/23/2024
3/10
Out of all of the movies by DreamWorks Animation, I’d place Shark Tale among the weakest features they’ve made. If not, then THE worst. Go to Full Review
James Mottram The List 04/22/2019
3/5
As it is, it's an adequate time-killer that benefits from an impressive voice cast... Best of the bunch is Martin Scorsese as puffer-fish Sykes, sounding like he's sucked on helium. Go to Full Review
Rachel Wagner rachelsreviews.net 03/11/2019
F
It's awful and is without a doubt one of the worst mainstream animated films of the last 20 years. Go to Full Review
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Mariana T @M.Tezeta Mar 1 Even as a child, I wouldn't have enjoyed it. The soundtrack is definitely the best thing about it. Everything else is unnecessarily straightforward. The protagonist just makes me feel apathetic, and the other characters seem like ridiculous clichés. There's a lot of absurdity, even though I tried to take it seriously. A forgettable Dreamworks film with animation that made me uncomfortable. There are things that would seem incredibly absurd to me, even as a child, like Oscar's job or Lenny wanting to be a vegetarian. It's a children's movie, yes, but it's as if they were saying: let's ridicule the funeral and focus more on Oscar's financial schemes and his nightly revelry. On the positive side: The character design was good. It's a cheerful movie to watch once in your life and take away the straightforward message. I'll take that away from it, along with the varied music. See more Tomasz T @Tom1994 Feb 11 A complete disaster and stupid story. A Fish pretends to be a Hero and by admitting he was lying achieved nothing. Really don't recommend this to anyone. See more Her M @Hermommy Jan 27 I love this movie, not sure where all the hate comes from. Its a kids movie about what can happen when you tell a lie and how you have to be a better person and fess up. Really cute message, hilarious movie great casting... I mean there's a Marley as a jellyfish!! Too funny. Have a seat Rotten tomatoes and let the kids have this one. It's a really cute funny heartfelt movie. See more Issen K @Ellie337 Jan 20 To be honest, it was the worst movie that I ever saw until Megamind 2 came out, the character development was low and there is a lot of pop culture references and even a predictable plot. See more Matt T. @coolmatt Jan 11 I love how it sincere and honest Will Smith is as he plays Oscar the fish in the movie. Even though he comes up with a fake lie that he killed a shark, even though he didn’t do it. See more Dominic Emmanuel S @dominic726 Jan 8 i can't force myself to love this movie because it's shit See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Underachiever Oscar (Will Smith) is a pint-sized fish with grand aspirations. When mob-connected great white shark Frankie (Michael Imperioli) is accidentally killed, Oscar concocts a story with Frankie's peace-loving brother Lenny (Jack Black) that it was he who murdered the shark. Suddenly hailed "Sharkslayer" by his aquatic brethren, Oscar has bigger fish to fry when Frankie's father, mob boss Don Lino (Robert De Niro), dispatches his henchmen to track down his son's killer.
Director
Rob Letterman, Bibo Bergeron, Vicky Jenson
Producer
Bill Damaschke, Janet Healy, Allison Lyon Segan
Screenwriter
Michael J. Wilson, Damian Shannon, Mark Swift
Distributor
DreamWorks SKG
Production Co
DreamWorks SKG, Pacific Data Images (PDI)
Rating
PG (Some Mild Language|Crude Humor)
Genre
Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 1, 2004, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 25, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$160.8M
Runtime
1h 30m
Sound Mix
Surround, Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.37:1)
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