Fresh
It is not in the same level of Finding Nemo but I still think it is worth seeing.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Shark Tale
Behind every little fish is a great white lie.
2004 · 1h 30m · PG
Action, Animation, Comedy, Family
Directed by
Bibo Bergeron
,
Vicky Jenson
,
Rob Letterman
Overview
Oscar is a small fish whose big aspirations often get him into trouble. Meanwhile, Lenny is a great white shark with a surprising secret that no sea creature would guess: He's a vegetarian. When a lie turns Oscar into an improbable hero and Lenny becomes an outcast, the two form an unlikely friendship.
Director and cast
- Bibo Bergeron Director
- Vicky Jenson Director
- Rob Letterman Director
- Will Smith as Oscar (voice)
- Robert De Niro as Don Lino (voice)
- Renée Zellweger as Angie (voice)
- Jack Black as Lenny (voice)
- Angelina Jolie as Lola (voice)
- Ziggy Marley as Ernie (voice)
- Martin Scorsese as Sykes (voice)
- David P. Smith as Crazy Joe (voice)
- Doug E. Doug as Bernie (voice)
- Michael Imperioli as Frankie (voice)
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
36%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Story is everything and Shark's is rather thin and soupy, despite the winning improvisational skills of stars Will Smith and Jack Black.
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Rotten
An uneasy cross between rival studio Pixar's Finding Nemo and DreamWorks' own Shrek franchise.
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
Rotten
Cluttered, claustrophobic and self-referential.
Tom Keogh, Seattle Times
Fresh
An entertaining 90 minutes.
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
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