Shark Tale

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Shark Tale

PG

2004

1h 30m

Kids & Family

Comedy

Adventure

Animation

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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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Critics Consensus

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.

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David Stratton

At the Movies (Australia)

07/29/2015

4/5

I laughed quite a lot during this film.

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

12/28/2010

4/5

Fast, fresh, funny action comedy set undersea.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Logan G.

@SequelsArentAlwaysBad12 Nov 12

Shark Tale isn’t one of DreamWorks best movies, but with a great cast, and plenty of colorful visuals it is good for kids.

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Shannen T

Oct 20

I laugh out loud at this film, a lot of easygoing jokes and just fun to watch!

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thiago s

@Thiagostone Oct 10

Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom

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Jed I

Sep 26

5.7/10 — "Mediocre"/"Passable"

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Pedro Henrique C

@Pedro2005 Aug 26

Shark Tale (2004) is a pretty bad animation, there's nothing special or beautiful here. The comedy is very frank and the characters are terrible.

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Julia V

Aug 7

This movie is so awesome! You people have no idea what you are taking about. This is peak cinema. I love that fish so much and these reviews are making me so sad. He does not deserve this. He is just a fish.

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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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