Shark Tale (2004) movie poster

Shark Tale (2004)

"Behind every little fish is a great white lie."
ThumbScore
👍 69%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 42%
AnimationActionComedyFamily

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Director
Vicky Jenson, Bibo Bergeron
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
PG
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
6.0/10 (6,631 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
35%
Metacritic
48

Cast

Will Smith as Oscar (voice) · 76% avg
Robert De Niro as Don Lino (voice) · 73% avg
Renée Zellweger as Angie (voice) · 73% avg
Jack Black as Lenny (voice) · 73% avg
Angelina Jolie as Lola (voice) · 70% avg
Ziggy Marley as Ernie (voice)
Martin Scorsese as Sykes (voice) · 77% avg
David P. Smith as Crazy Joe (voice)

Is Shark Tale good?

It's divisive. Only 69% of audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics scored it lower at 42%, but audiences disagreed.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#511 / 661 · Animation
Rank in its year
#140 / 175 · 2004

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

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. Wikipedia ↗

About the Film

Shark Tale is a 2004 American animated comedy produced by DreamWorks Animation. Will Smith voices Oscar, a small fish working at a whale wash in an underwater city who becomes famous by falsely claiming to have killed the son of the shark mob boss Don Lino, voiced by Robert De Niro. Oscar's deception makes him a hero called the "Sharkslayer" while the dead shark's vegetarian brother Lenny, voiced by Jack Black, hides among the reef fish disguised as a dolphin.

The film featured an all-star voice cast including Renée Zellweger, Angelina Jolie, and Martin Scorsese, and its urban underwater setting satirized mob movies and hip-hop culture. Shark Tale earned $374 million worldwide on a $75 million budget. While the film received mixed reviews and was overshadowed by Pixar's Finding Nemo and The Incredibles released in the same period, its energetic voice performances and colorful underwater world found a sizable audience.

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