Shark Tale

Released Oct 1, 2004

1h 30m

Kids & Family

Comedy

Adventure

Animation

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35%

Tomatometer

183 Reviews

48%

Audience Score

250,000+ Ratings

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

This is a loud, visually busy, offensive in its obviousness and virtually empty computer-animated film from DreamWorks.

Rated: D+

Oct 9, 2023

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David Stratton

At the Movies (Australia)

I laughed quite a lot during this film.

Rated: 4/5

Jul 29, 2015

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Fast, fresh, funny action comedy set undersea.

Rated: 4/5

Dec 28, 2010

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Mat Brunet

AniMat's Review (YouTube)

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.

Rated: 3/10

Feb 23, 2024

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James Mottram

The List

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.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 22, 2019

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Rachel Wagner

rachelsreviews.net

It's awful and is without a doubt one of the worst mainstream animated films of the last 20 years.

Rated: F

Mar 11, 2019

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Audience Member

Despite its flaws, shark tale is an okay movie. We wouldn't really watch this movie a lot, but it's okay for if we need something to play in the background as we do other things.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

07/05/24

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Pillow R

It's not perfect, but this was overhated

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/16/24

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John T. H

NOPE don't like...

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

05/13/24

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Idan Charles L

This is a movie that is a movie that's a movie

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

05/06/24

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Audience Member

Amazing don’t care if it’s factually bad, and giving Scorsese an actual character in a film is pretty sweet.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/04/24

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Yeshua R

This is my favorite movie of Dreamworks

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/29/24

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Rob Letterman

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Bibo Bergeron

Director

Vicky Jenson

Director

Will Smith

Oscar

Robert De Niro

Don Lino

Renée Zellweger

Angie

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Shark Tale: Official Clip - Oscar vs. Lenny