Shark Tale

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Shark Tale

PG,

2004,

1h 30m,

Kids & Family/

Comedy/

Adventure/

Animation

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34%

176 Reviews

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46%

250,000+ Ratings

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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.

Critics Consensus

Derivative and full of pop culture in-jokes.

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Bob Longino

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Oct 9, 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)

Jul 29, 2015

4/5

I laughed quite a lot during this film.

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Dec 28, 2010

4/5

Fast, fresh, funny action comedy set undersea.

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Mat Brunet

AniMat's Review (YouTube)

Feb 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

Apr 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

Mar 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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Hermione S

Apr 21, 2019

I remember seeing this movie in the theater many years ago. I can see that it hasn't changed much. It's a wonderful family movie that you won't forget.

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Han R

Apr 16, 2019

Awesome movie and best Will Smith performance

Apr 16, 2019

Fucken beautiful movie

Anakin S

Mar 4, 2019

this film gives me nostalgia~

Anakin S

Feb 28, 2019

Funny, meaningful and fun movie!

George R

Feb 22, 2019

Shark Tale has a few chuckles along its boring, forgettable, and unlikable 90 minute run-time. But it's never enough to recommend.

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Rob Letterman

Director

Bibo Bergeron

Director

Vicky Jenson

Director

Will Smith

Oscar

Robert De Niro

Don Lino

Renée Zellweger

Angie

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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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