Shark Tale



Shark Tale is a 2004 American computer-animated comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and directed by Vicky Jenson, Bibo Bergeron and Rob Letterman. This is the first computer-animated film by DreamWorks Animation to be produced at their Glendale studio, the studio that produced their hand-drawn animated films such as The Prince of Egypt, The Road to El Dorado, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, and Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas, the film stars the voices of Will Smith, Robert De Niro, Renée Zellweger, Angelina Jolie, Jack Black, and Martin Scorsese. Other voices were provided by Ziggy Marley, Doug E. Doug, Michael Imperioli, Vincent Pastore and Peter Falk. It tells the story of a fish named Oscar (Smith) who falsely claims to have killed the son of a shark mob boss (De Niro) to advance his own community standing.

Why It's Great

 * 1) Robert De Niro, Martin Scorsese, Ziggy Marley, Doug E. Doug and Jack Black do a pretty good job as voice actors.
 * 2) Oscar is pretty good as a singer.
 * 3) The scene where Frankie dies was very touching.
 * 4) The concept of an underwater city is somewhat interesting.
 * 5) Some funny moments here and there.
 * 6) Oscar, despite his personality, does get some character development in the movie.