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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Frans B

@FransB Jul 10

Very funny, even hilarious at times and captivating. Clever writing and sharp wit. Fast paced action and event filled storytelling. Great cinematography and visually appealing. Stellar cast all excel in voiced characters. Some clichés, but tastefully done though. Enough drama, emotion, some intrigue, twists, suspense, happiness, sadness and lots of bubbles 😜 Entertaining and memorable

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stefan C

@RT89536469 Jun 23

Weird but funny movie don't take it too seriously!

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Mario R.

@Marioversal5 May 12

Will Smith,Renee Zellweger,Jack Black,Robert de Niro and Even Martin Scorseses for crying out loud this movie deserves more love

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Anythang S.

@AnythangStudios May 5

I thought this was gonna be good, but it wasn’t. It’s not REMARKABLY AWFUL, but I still don’t like it.

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Carrot 6

@Elfin628 Apr 13

It is pretty good, no need to hate

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Davetheman

Mar 24

That looks like finding Nemo but with an ugly animation

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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)