Shark Tale (2004)

All Critics (179) | Top Critics (36) | Fresh (64) | Rotten (115) | DVD (19)

It is not in the same level of Finding Nemo but I still think it is worth seeing.

October 4, 2004 Full Review

Richard Roeper

Ebert & Roeper

Top Critic

Story is everything and Shark's is rather thin and soupy, despite the winning improvisational skills of stars Will Smith and Jack Black.

October 1, 2004 Full Review

Claudia Puig

USA Today

Top Critic

An uneasy cross between rival studio Pixar's Finding Nemo and DreamWorks' own Shrek franchise.

October 1, 2004 Full Review

Peter Howell

Toronto Star

Top Critic

Cluttered, claustrophobic and self-referential.

October 1, 2004 Full Review

Tom Keogh

Seattle Times

Top Critic

An entertaining 90 minutes.

October 1, 2004 Full Review

Mick LaSalle

San Francisco Chronicle

Top Critic

A happy, fizzy film, splashed in brilliant colors.

October 1, 2004 Full Review

Joe Baltake

Sacramento Bee

Top Critic

Fast, fresh, funny action comedy set undersea.

December 28, 2010 Full Review

Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Fast, fun and fabulous.

October 18, 2008 Full Review

Urban Cinefile Critics

Urban Cinefile

The script is a long string of awful verbal and visual puns, and the animation, while colorful, is a big step back from the Shrek films (and nowhere near Pixar's league).

August 7, 2008 Full Review

Jim Lane

Sacramento News & Review

Quite simply the most middle of the road CG movie I think you'll ever see.

October 30, 2006 Full Review

Garth Franklin

Dark Horizons

Want a good fish story? Watch Finding Nemo again instead

October 11, 2006

Mary Lasse

Christianity Today

full review in Greek

October 3, 2006 Full Review

Joseph Proimakis

Movies for the Masses

The kind of flashy and colorful but insultingly trite Hollywood regurgitation that far too often gets a pass under the excuse that "it's just a kids' movie."

May 26, 2006 Full Review

Rob Blackwelder

Combustible Celluloid

Although the vocal performances often amuse and delight, the overall design is charmless.

April 1, 2006 Full Review

Empire Magazine

Katzenberg and company still haven't figured out that was makes Pixar's features so much better isn't just the quality of the art but the way they manage to generate actual emotion without coming across as superficial or cloying.

December 6, 2005 Full Review

Pete Vonder Haar

Film Threat

Shark Tale is no disaster, but despite the efforts of three directors, two screenwriters and phalanxes of technicians, it seems to be treading water.

December 6, 2005 Full Review

Anthony Quinn

Independent

The movie is clearly written and produced around the persona of Will Smith, which is either glorious news or cringe-inducing, depending upon who you are.

June 26, 2005 Full Review

Bill Clark

FromTheBalcony

Nine years after Toy Story, the novelty of computer animation has worn off. Story and character need to capture our imagination.

April 14, 2005 Full Review

Mark Pfeiffer

Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema

A solid film with a fair share of chuckles.

April 8, 2005

Forrest Hartman

Reno Gazette-Journal

'Es divertida, colorida y musical. Una buena cinta de animación que injustamente ha sido menospreciada quizá por los valores que la hacen importante'

April 4, 2005

Jorge Avila Andrade

Moviola

• 1. Lenny: Curse you Sharkslayer!
  – Submitted by Jarrod P (2 months ago)
• 1. Don Lino: I'm not askin' you anymore. I'm tellin' ya! Eat it!
  – Submitted by Anthony A (9 months ago)
• 1. Don Lino: [Irriated] Oy vey...
  – Submitted by Anthony A (9 months ago)
• 1. Don Lino: Luca!
  – Submitted by Anthony A (9 months ago)
• 1. Lenny: [To Oscar] You need to slay a shark, and I need to disappear. Here's what we're gonna do...
  – Submitted by Anthony A (9 months ago)
• 1. Don Lino: [Babytalking to his piranhas] How are my little babies this morning? Ya miss me? You doin' good? Huh? Huh?
  – Submitted by Anthony A (9 months ago)

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