Shark Tale (2004)
Behind every little fish is a great white lie.
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Shark Tale rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb6/10· 211K votes
Rotten Tomatoes35%
Metacritic48%
TMDb6.039/10· 7K votesWith 35% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6/10 on IMDb and 48/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been modest.
About Shark Tale
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.
Cast of Shark Tale
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)
Vincent Pastore
as Luca (voice)
Peter Falk
as Don Feinberg (voice)
Shark Tale facts
- Budget
- $75M
- Box office
- $367.3M
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Animated action-comedy captures fish-filled adventure with creative humor
- •Visual anthropomorphism brings personality to shark and underwater characters
- •Directorial team balances action with comedic moments for family viewing
What the audience disliked
- •Plot structure feels thin and predictable throughout heist-style narrative
- •Character development gets sacrificed for rapid-fire comedy and action
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