Shark Tale [DVD]

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Roger Ebert gave the film two out of four stars, observing, "Since the target audience for Shark Tale is presumably kids and younger teenagers, how many of them have seen the R-rated Godfather and will get all the inside jokes? Not a few, I suppose, and some of its characters and dialogue have passed into common knowledge. But it's strange that a kid-oriented film would be based on parody of a 1972 gangster movie for adults." He also opined that younger viewers would have trouble enjoying a film about adult characters with adult problems, such as an elaborate love triangle and a main character wanting to clear his debt with loan sharks, and compared it to more successful fish-focused animated features like Pixar Animation Studios' Finding Nemo, which Ebert felt featured a simpler plot that audiences could more easily identify with. [25] Richard Roeper commented that although the film was not on the same level as Finding Nemo, it was a film worth seeing. [26] BAFTA Awards: Children's in 2005". BAFTA. 2005. Archived from the original on July 12, 2021 . Retrieved June 3, 2021. Ebert, Roger (October 1, 2004). "Shark Tale". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on March 31, 2020 . Retrieved July 9, 2020.

Ugolini, Chiara (February 18, 2005). "I pesci di 'Shark tale' parlano italiano". La Repubblica (in Italian). Archived from the original on September 13, 2014 . Retrieved September 13, 2014. Antz (1998) • The Prince of Egypt (1998) • The Road to El Dorado (2000) • Shrek (2001) • Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) • Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003) • Shrek 2 (2004) • Shark Tale (2004) • Madagascar (2005) • Over the Hedge (2006) • Shrek the Third (2007) • Bee Movie (2007) • Kung Fu Panda (2008) • Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) • Monsters vs. Aliens (2009) • How to Train Your Dragon (2010) • Shrek Forever After (2010) • Megamind (2010) • Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011) • Puss in Boots (2011) • Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012) • Rise of the Guardians (2012) • The Croods (2013) • Turbo (2013) • Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014) • How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) • Penguins of Madagascar (2014) • Home (2015) • Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016) • Trolls (2016) • The Boss Baby (2017) • Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017) • How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019) • Abominable (2019) • Trolls World Tour (2020) • The Croods: A New Age (2020) • Spirit Untamed (2021) • The Boss Baby: Family Business (2021) • The Bad Guys (2022) • Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022) • Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (2023) a b LaPorte, Nicole (June 6, 2004). "Inside Move: 'Shark' has local angle". Variety. Archived from the original on September 13, 2014 . Retrieved September 13, 2014.

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Oscar buys some Valentine's Day gifts for Angie, but he finds out that Lino kidnapped her to force a sit-down before he can present them to her. Lenny comes along, now disguised as a whale-washing dolphin named Sebastian. They arrive at the meeting to find Lola next to Lino while Angie is bound and gagged with duct tape and presented to Lino on a plate, who prepares to eat her if Oscar doesn't comply. Oscar just laughs, and Lenny, as "Sebastian" lunges forward to scoop Angie into his mouth, freeing her from Lino and giving Oscar dominance over the sharks. However, he spends too much time threatening the sharks and doesn't realize how much pain Lenny is in, and Angie is regurgitated onto the table. Lino suddenly realizes it's Lenny and proceeds to chase Oscar through the reef, but Oscar heads for the whale wash and ends up trapping both sharks. Given an ovation by the other fish, Oscar finally confesses that he is not a "Sharkslayer" and that it was an anchor that had killed Frankie. He then strongly urges Lino not to prejudge people before he knows them properly and to not make the mistake he made in prejudging his wealth, so Lino and Lenny reconcile. Oscar forsakes all the wealth he has acquired, makes peace with the sharks, becomes manager of the Whale Wash (now frequented by sharks), and starts dating Angie. Meanwhile, Lola attempts to reconcile with Oscar but later ends up with Crazy Joe. Critical reception to Shark Tale since its release has been mixed to unfavorable. This film was (and still is) despised by the Dreamworks fan base and is considered their weakest film ever due to the characters looking too much like their voice actors. forced pop culture references, Oscar being an unlikeable protagonist, and using the undersea setting to copy the sucess of Finding Nemo.

Desowitz, Bill (September 30, 2003). "Sharkslayer Title Changed". Animation World Network. Archived from the original on September 8, 2014 . Retrieved September 8, 2014. Shrek the Halls (2007) • Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space (2009) • Merry Madagascar (2009) • Scared Shrekless (2010) • Kung Fu Panda Holiday (2010) • Gift of the Night Fury (2011) • Madly Madagascar (2013) • Trolls Holiday (2017) • How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming (2019) • Trolls: Holiday in Harmony (2021) Baisley, Sarah (January 24, 2005). "The Aviator and Kill Bill, Vol. 2 Lead Golden Reel Noms". Animation World Network. Archived from the original on September 8, 2014 . Retrieved September 8, 2014.a b c "Shark Tale (2004)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Archived from the original on June 12, 2021 . Retrieved June 11, 2021. Christina Aguilera and Missy Elliott portray fish versions of themselves at the end of the film, singing " Car Wash". James Harris III, Terry Lewis, Cheryl Lynn, Bobby Ross Avila, Issiah J. Avila, Tony Tolbert, James Q. Wright Martin Scorsese as Sykes, a loan shark pufferfish who owns the Whale Wash and to whom Oscar owes five thousand clams for Don Lino who he used to work for until he got fired.

Roeper, Richard (October 4, 2004). "Shark Tale - Critic Review - Ebert & Roeper". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on November 19, 2012 . Retrieved August 2, 2012. Shark Tale was released on VHS and DVD on February 8, 2005. Physical copies contain behind-the-scenes featurettes, games and activities, blooper reels, an audition for the whale Gigi, the Car Wash music video featuring Aguilera and Elliott, and a short film Club Oscar. [16] The film was released on Game Boy Advance Video on November 17, [17] and on Blu-ray on February 5, 2019. [18] Reception [ edit ] Box office [ edit ] James Gandolfini was initially set to voice the kingpin shark, named Don Lino, but he dropped out, with Robert De Niro taking over the role. [8] [12] a b c d DreamWorks Animation (September 2, 2004). "DreamWorks Animation's 'Shark Tale' Swims Up the Venice Canals for World Premiere" (Press release). PR Newswire. Archived from the original on August 26, 2014 . Retrieved August 24, 2014.Vincent Pastore as Luca, a teal octopus and Don Lino's "assistant", with a tendency to state the obvious. The 77th Academy Awards (2005) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Archived from the original on January 1, 2016 . Retrieved January 25, 2015.

a b c Godfrey, Leigh (April 2, 2002). "DreamWorks Sets Up For Sharkslayer". Animation World Network. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015 . Retrieved August 23, 2015. a b " 'Shark Tale' Reels In Criticism". CBS News. CBS/ The Associated Press. April 2, 2004. Archived from the original on October 29, 2020 . Retrieved October 26, 2020. John Mancini, the founder of the Italic Institute of America, protested Shark Tale for perpetuating negative stereotypes of Italian-Americans in its antagonists. DreamWorks reacted by changing the name of Peter Falk's character from Don Brizzi to Don Feinberg. However, Mancini demanded that everything Italian — character names, the mannerisms, the forms of speech — be dropped. The American Family Association, a Christian conservative organization, raised concerns about Shark Tale, suggesting that it was designed to promote the acceptance of gay rights by children. A short film called Club Oscar was released on February 8, 2005, along with the DVD release of Shark Tale.This also marks the only computer-animated film by DreamWorks Animation to be produced at their Glendale studio that was theatrically released by DreamWorks Pictures (the then label from Universal Pictures), Beginning with Over the Hedge, their films will be distributed by Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox, or Universal Pictures itself. DreamWorks Denies Ethnic Slurs in 'Shark Tale' ". Reuters. September 14, 2004. Archived from the original on September 16, 2004. Ziggy Marley and Doug E. Doug as Ernie and Bernie, two jellyfish with Jamaican accents and Sykes' enforcers, who enjoy torturing Oscar with their painful stingers when he is in trouble with their boss. a b Adams, David (September 29, 2004). "Shark Tale Ships". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on December 11, 2015 . Retrieved September 18, 2015.