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sheep233

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i thought it was a very good movie. not the best animation but still pretty funny.

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Posted sep 5, 2009 12:42 am pt

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i enjoyed it
i have always liked sharks and this movie brings sharks to CGI

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Posted apr 18, 2008 12:17 am pt

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A horrible movie for all ages!, 14 April 2004



This movie left a lot to be desired. The characters were horrible, and essentially make you hate anyone who was involved in the production of this movie. There is no...
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A horrible movie for all ages!, 14 April 2004



This movie left a lot to be desired. The characters were horrible, and essentially make you hate anyone who was involved in the production of this movie. There is no clear target audience for this movie, or at least not one that I could detect. No amount of intoxication could make this movie funny in the least bit. It appeared that Ziggy Marley, felt the need to show his range by doing some of the worst voice acting i've ever heard (aka Erine). One mildly redeeming factor that the movie had going for it was the horrible artwork, that seemed to be well refined. Even this wasn't able to save the movie. The experience was essentially torture. One can only hope that there will never be a sequel to this abortion of a movie.

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Posted dec 17, 2007 2:52 am pt

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I am one of the biggest Rayman 3 Fans of all times & Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc was my favorite game ever. Then comes Shark Tale. Don't get me wrong, I'm extremely happy that Hoodlum Havoc was perfect 9 years (I was 15 when this first came) I...
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I am one of the biggest Rayman 3 Fans of all times & Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc was my favorite game ever. Then comes Shark Tale. Don't get me wrong, I'm extremely happy that Hoodlum Havoc was perfect 9 years (I was 15 when this first came) I believe. But there are things I have to pick with. I hate it. Plain and simple. Too much shoddy voice work. The flaws were in Mostly in the voice work. Erine for one, I hate his voice. She sounds like a fifty year old hooker. When I heard Don Lion's Voice for the first time. *shakes head* Also disappointed. Angle's voice, it was okay, but not good enough. The Puffer-Fish's voice, is just too deep and gravely for the famous Echidna. They casted Ziggy Marley from Arthur who plays the them singer. What the heck kind of choice is that? he's Terrible, he makes everybody sound like they are a constipate 80 year old! All the others were fair. Sonic sounded like his old self, so did Amy (mostly) Cream, definitely. Big, yes, Oscar no. Chicken Little is a Fav. of mine, and they didn't get his right. tsk tsk tsk. Erine wasn't too bad. Bernie, I think they had Tom Kenny play him. I could be wrong The story. The story is bad. It overly contradicts with some games. And humans hog the spot light too much, as many have said time and time again. At least the characters all have their same personalities, (more or less) that I have grown up with. The fact of making it Anime is a brilliant idea. But cell-shading is a bad one. The music is very good. Minus the theme song.

If you are a huge die hard fan of this show, you'll pay no attention to this. But they truly could have done better in my opinion. Even I can imitate voices, more closely to an extent. And I don't like acting Even though Yuji Naka (the game creator) is the executive producer, I doubt he has much power over the American version. If I were him, and I saw this, I'd weep. 4Kids is most likely to blame, but a tiny bit falls on the writers. It's sometimes breaks my heart to see Sonic in this format, and other times it fills my heart with joy to see Sonic making a comeback.

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Posted aug 15, 2007 3:43 am pt

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Funny, but the fish version of Angelina Jolie is freaky!

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Posted may 10, 2007 5:25 am pt

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This movie is far from as good as Shrek, but still it`s pretty good. Robert DeNiro, Jack Black and many moore is included in this movie.

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Posted apr 7, 2007 8:55 pm pt

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AHHHHHGH
help me I scared

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Posted mar 7, 2007 2:55 am pt

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Not that great of a cartoon movie but it was ok this is good movie that the whole family can watch.

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Posted feb 28, 2007 7:29 am pt

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HAHA.....This movie was so funny. A vegetarian shark. Thats really funny. I think the movie rocked. The story was good. Good voice acting by every actors and actress. The role suited everybody.

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Posted jan 30, 2007 9:04 pm pt

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Not one of the best animated movies ever out. I think the movie was weak and not very interesting. Over all is was just an average movie.

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Posted jan 20, 2007 8:38 am pt

• [+] ReelViews
  
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  Represents solid family entertainment, and will find a special place in the hearts of those who adore the "Godfather" movies and the TV series "The Sopranos."

  by James Berardinelli | Read Full Review »
• [+] Charlotte Observer
  
  88
  By riffing off two iconic American narratives of the last 35 years, "The Godfather" and "The Sopranos," it has changed the template for animation, making a timely film that still deals with timeless children's themes.

  by Lawrence Toppman | Read Full Review »
• [+] Miami Herald
  
  75
  What Shark Tale lacks in originality it makes up for with sassy humor, bright, effective animation and terrific vocal work.

  by Connie Ogle | Read Full Review »
• [+] New York Daily News
  
  75
  Not wildly imaginative, and it has a tepid mix of movie references. But the physical environment and characters make it irresistible.

  by Jack Mathews | Read Full Review »
• [+] San Francisco Chronicle
  
  75
  By avoiding the usual animation cliches, by keeping the story moving, the pictures pretty and the characters consistently amusing, director and co- writer Rob Letterman cobbles together an entertaining 90 minutes.

  by Mick LaSalle | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Tribune
  
  75
  Boasts a really spectacular cast to voice those reasonably funny jokes.

  by Michael Wilmington | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Reader
  
  70
  This dazzling CGI feature by DreamWorks Animation appropriates the vivid undersea psychedelia of "Finding Nemo," though in contrast to that movie, the father-son parable here is just an excuse to burlesque "The Godfather" for the 100th time.

  by J.R. Jones | Read Full Review »
• [+] Baltimore Sun
  
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  Shark Tale is "Finding Nemo" with bigger-name stars, far less heart and, the guess here is, about one-third the staying power.

  by Chris Kaltenbach | Read Full Review »
• [+] USA Today
  
  63
  Story is everything and Shark's is rather thin and soupy, despite the winning improvisational skills of stars Will Smith and Jack Black.

  by Claudia Puig | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Hollywood Reporter
  
  60
  Comes off as an overly jokey but often quite entertaining spoof that should please families everywhere.

  by Kirk Honeycutt | Read Full Review »
• [+] Newsweek
  
  60
  Full of invention, but under the colorful icing is a slightly stale cake.

  by David Ansen | Read Full Review »
• [+] Variety
  
  60
  With the combination of mobster characters and heavily R&B, hip-hop and disco/soul tune orientation of the soundtrack, pic has a more streetwise feel than most animated fare, which is not to say that it has street smarts.

  by Todd McCarthy | Read Full Review »
• [+] Entertainment Weekly
  
  58
  The noisiest laughs in this watery animated comedy are reserved for those who value self-referential winks above all else.

  by Lisa Schwarzbaum | Read Full Review »
• [+] Portland Oregonian
  
  58
  Noisy, garish, cluttered, simplistic and often dark in content, it nevertheless sings and preens and jokes and tugs at you with such persistent verve that, exhausted, you give in.

  by Shawn Levy | Read Full Review »
• [+] Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  
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  It's overblown and greedy and feels like more of a merchandizing scheme than a movie.

  by William Arnold | Read Full Review »