 "Way different than Nemo" | 2008-10-02 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2HA24DQUUK115 |
| This is a good film for all ages. It has a different storyline than Finding Nemo so please don't use that as a reference. Alot of ppl are comparing them and the only thing that is the same is they're looking for a son and thats only part of this film. My 5 and 3 y/o love this film and think it's very funny. |
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 "Everyone loves this DVD" | 2008-08-29 |
| - Reviewed By User: A16CC4UDROCRC |
| This is a family fun movie. Great quality and an adventure underwater, funny and thrilling animation. |
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| "What's the big deal with "adult" humor?" | 2008-08-04 |
| - Reviewed By User: A26TZBI6685H12 |
| A lot of kids' movies have an underlying adult theme. Big deal. We love this movie. In fact, my son has been watching it since he was 2 and has never been scared or confused by the adult themes in it. He also has never said the fish look creepy. In fact, everytime we go to the video store he wants to rent this movie and he'll watch it from beginning to end. He sees sharks and fish and a good story. That's it. I think it's absolutely appropriate for children. He "gets it" in his own 3 year old way. I'm actually on here today to buy the movie since we end up renting it so often. |
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| "Better than expected" | 2008-05-10 |
| - Reviewed By User: AI9T0BYTJ1JQW |
I found out my husband had purchased movie for my 3 y.o. son and I largely blew it off. Then my son kept requesting to watch it over and over again, and I realized it was pretty entertaining. (I've seen a lot of 'kids' movies since the birth of my son: from Shrek to Happy Feet, and this is equally entertaining w/o all the sexual undertones.)It has nothing to do with "Boyz N the Hood", way-off base, but does feature a fish who would probably be considered from the "hip-hop" generation crossing paths with the Mafia; an odd combination but works out well in this piece.
I'm not sure why people are comparing this to Nemo, totally different theme, but since people are, I'll say my pitch: way better than Finding Nemo. Cute love story, nice lesson, good graphics, and funny. Plus I love Will Smith! |
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| "This terrific movie blows Finding Nemo out of the water!," | 2008-05-08 |
| - Reviewed By robthecapsfan |
| I received my copy of Shark Tale for Christmas, last year, from one of my maternal aunts, and it became my most favorite computer-animated movie! I love this movie for lots of reasons: the all-star cast which includes Will Smith, Renee Zellweger, Martin Scorsese, Jack Black, Robert De Niro, etc., the way that the characters' faces look like the faces of the celebrities who supply the voices, as well as the plot, in which Oscar (Smith), who's a tongue scrubber at the local Whale Wash, tells a lie about killing a great white shark named Frankie, who's voiced by Michael Imperioli, of "The Sopranos", and the brother of Lenny (Black), and becomes the famous "Sharkslayer", and also that Lenny's a vegetarian, both of which make Lenny's "Godfather"-type father, Don Lino (De Niro) furious. I also enjoy the really funny parts, such as when Oscar's boss, Sykes (Scorsese) puffs up & his voice rises in pitch, as well as Oscar & Lenny's pretend-fight in which it seems like Oscar's killing Lenny, just as Don Lino's gang of sharks & Lino's "left-hand, right-hand" man, who's an octopus, named Luca, voiced by Vincent Pastore, of "The Sopranos", arrives. What I'm really impressed with is the way that the creators & animators "fishified" the looks of the two worlds, especially the world where Oscar, his friend, Angie (Zellweger) and Sykes reside with the "Swim, Don't Swim" traffic signs, the orca police cars, the sperm whale buses and the great product tie-ins, such as "Coral-Cola" & "Fish King". I also like the soundtrack, but what I really like is that it teaches 2 good lessons: 1. You don't need fame & money to be a somebody" and 2. You can love people just the way they are"! This is a marvelous movie and I recommend it to anyone that loves computer-animated movies or any kind of movie in general, because, believe me, this movie is fabulous! |
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| "Pretty good." | 2008-04-10 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2PV6GK1HV54Y9 |
| Shark Tale is a cute and harmless family film. Of course not as good or kindhearted like Finding Nemo but the characters are delighful. Will Smith, Renee Zellweger, Angelina Jolie, and Robert De Niro provide the voices of the colorful fish. Zellweger does a wonderful job portraying an angelfish, pure sweetness. I highly recommend this "fish out of water" story. Enjoy! |
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 "Not Appropriate for Young Kids!" | 2007-11-18 |
| - Reviewed By mpockets32 |
| I was really disappointed by this movie! I bought it to view with our young child and found the themes to be too mature. He loves Finding Nemo (G) & Surf's Up (PG), but this movie falls short. The fish faces are creepy and there is a bit too much implied sexuality & violence. The "Godfather" & "Goodfellas" themes do not translate to the G or PG crowd, too much discussion about death & killing. This movie may be mildly amusing to an adult, but if your buying it for your kids, I recommend saving your money! |
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| "A Shark's Tale" | 2007-07-15 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2XML0RBCL2G5J |
| I thought this was a really fun movie for children and adults. With a cast like Robert DeNiro, Martin Scorcese, Will Smith, Angelina Jolie and Renee Zellweger, how can you go wrong? Loved the soundtrack too! |
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| "Great Kids Movie" | 2007-07-02 |
| - Reviewed By murrjjr |
| Great kids movie teaches a lesson on streching the truth. Really cute plot the movie. |
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| "A Breath of Fresh Air -- underwater!" | 2007-07-01 |
| - Reviewed By amanooensis |
I can't figure out why people comparing this to "Finding Nemo." They are not alike, and comparisons really are pointless. In fact, Shark Tale is stylistically distinct from most other animated films of recent years. It also has its own brand of humor, which is funny in ways quite unlike the typical Pixar/Disney offering we've gotten used to.
Shark Tale is informed by urban culture, which is why *this* reef is traversed by buses (whales) and police cars (orcas), and has a giant screen TV above it all, featuring live news feeds, commercials, and so on. It's much, much closer to the "real" world of humans than one is used to seeing.
In Finding Nemo, one can't recognize the face of Albert Brooks in Marlin the cartoon fish. But in this movie, Oscar is physically reminiscent of Will Smith, Don Leno really reminds one of Robert DeNiro, and Sikes is, somehow, a dead ringer for Martin Scorsese.
In my view, this adds to the humor and the fun. Don Leno is written as a broad cariacature of Mafia dons, and DeNiro has of course played the ultimate human version -- Don Corleone, in the Godfather trilogy. There are other movie in-jokes all over the place.
A gang of shrimp, formerly destined for Don Leno's dinner, escape -- and when they later find a chance to attack Don Leno, the head shrimp says "Say hello to my little friends" -- a line from Al Pacino's famous turn in Scarface, made hilarious by the oddball new setting.
When Oscar defeats Lenny in a staged fight, and poses for the news cameras to publicize his new role as the Sharkslayer, he recites other movie lines that are inane, even surrealistic in this context, like "You can't handle the truth" (Jack Nicholson's line from A Few Good Men), and then "You had me at hello" (Renée Zellweger's line from Jerry Maguire).
The latter line demonstrates just how shallow Oscar is (he can't even come up with original words to boast with), while showing how mindless and uncritical the crowds are (they cheer the line despite its nonsensicality). Meanwhile, it's an inside joke for movie viewers who note that Ms. Zellweger is in this film, too, playing Oscar's "true" love interest, Angie.
Sikes' henchmen are two jellyfish, and the filmmakers depicted them as Jamaican rasta men, with tentacles in lieu of long dreadlocks. They then typecast reggae stars Ziggy Marley and Doug E. Doug in the roles. They're perfect as the character voices, while also providing great music for the soundtrack.
The film's distinctive style may cause one to overlook the skill that must have been required to depict all these characters as fish, with more-or-less realistic swimming motions, who nevertheless manage goofy slapstick right out of vaudeville. If you pay attention you notice Don Leno's consigliere, Luca, pouring a cup of tea -- which, of course, flows out of the cup and into the surrounding water before Luca can drink it. I mean, this kind of stuff is silly, but (in my view) is funny mostly because nobody in the film calls attention to it.
So: great voicework, a fun story, romance plus suspense, lots of sight gags and other humor, fine animation and a great soundtrack.
The ONLY reason I held back from five full stars is because it really isn't appropriate for the very young -- like, under six or seven at least (in my view). I find it frustrating at how hard it is to find a good animated film that doesn't have a lot of violence or adult themes. There is a fair amount of fighting and other types of conflict, which some kids might be used to -- but in any case, now you know.
Bottom line, it's a fun film that stands up to repeat viewing, and if the parents approve it for their kids, it's perfect for whole-family movie nights. Hint: get ready to dance when the music rolls over the end credits! |
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