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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Dominic Emmanuel S

@dominic726 Jan 8

i can't force myself to love this movie because it's shit

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Shark Tale: Official Clip - Oscar vs. Lenny

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Shark Tale: Official Clip - Frankie Dies

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Shark Tale: Official Clip - Fish Hook Opening

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Shark Tale: Official Clip - Squeaky Shrimp

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Shark Tale: Official Clip - Shark Mafia

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Shark Tale: Official Clip - Meeting Lola

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Shark Tale: Official Clip - Car Wash Dance

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Shark Tale: Official Clip - Seahorse Race

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Shark Tale: Official Clip - Whale Washing

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Shark Tale: Official Clip - Gangster Shark Chase

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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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