Shark Tale Details

[Highly rated reviewer]

superb.........

this film is superb. Shark Tale has an all star cast which includes Angelina Jolie, Will Smith, Renee Zellweger, Martin Scorsese and Jack Black.

the film follows a lowly fish called Oscar who is played by will smith, with aspirations of being rich and famous. Oscar has a lousy job, which is cleaning the back of a Whale's tongue, deep down in the Sea at the Whale Wash.

On the other side of the reef, is the Great White shark family, headed by Robert De Niro's character, with Lenny played by Jack Black, who is his wayward son, who is trying to escape, from his family life.

Oscar desperately wants to be known by everyone, and his chance comes when he is left to be eaten by Sharks, after not paying up to the head of them called Don Lino (Robert DeNiro). Oscar is mistaken for slaying a Shark, who came to gobble him up, after Don Lino's odd vegetarian brother Lenny (Jack Black) fails to eat him.

When Oscar and Lenny's worlds intertwine, they find both a friendship and a way to solve their problems.

Oscar is showered with fame and fortune as the 'Shark Slayer,' but after a while his story starts to sound a bit fishy, now he must get out of hot water to stay at the top.

Renee Zellweger is the voice of the lonely friend of Oscar, who secretly holds a crush on him.

Martin Scorsese is the voice of Sykes, Don Lino's pet boy.

And Oscar's manager is voiced by Angelina Jolie, as Lola the cute at first girl, but mean inside fish.

Ziggy Marley (Bob Marley's son) voices Ernie and Bernie.

On the DVD bonus features, the 'Club Oscar' section features fish, sharks and hilarious little shrimp, dancing and raving.

well worth renting out.

OK but not a perch on Finding Nemo

reasonably enjoyable cgi animated romp. Little in it to really keep the grown-ups entertained, has some of the most blatant product placement I've ever seen in a movie, and once you've heard one Jessica Shrimpson style 'gag' you've heard them all!! Disappointingly not too much in it for the kids either. Trys too hard to be hip and happening but my kids were a little bit alienated by it and not engrossed or engaged at all. One fell asleep. one wanted to go to bed and the other didn't asked for it to be paused whaen he had to go to the toilet!! 'Nuff said! Perhaps as an adult I have been a little spoilt recently with films like the Shreks and Nemo that you can genuinely enjoy if you're age is in late double digits. But there are some classic Disneys which I've never minded watching because you see them through your childs' eyes and their wonder and enjoyment is what moves you. Unfortunately this film failed on both counts. I wonder if CGI is to movie-making what Reality TV seems to be to our programme makers? Terribly fashionable but churned out and ultimately unrewarding. Wish Hollywood would go back and make a truly great animated film like 'The Iron Giant'.