About as Bad as Any Jaws Sequel.

Rating: 4/10 (6 October 2015)

Shark Tale (2004): Dir: Vicky Jenson, Bibo Bergeron, Rob Letterman / Voices: Will Smith, Jack Black, Renee Zellweger, Robert De Niro, Angelina Jolie: Computer generated washout about deception. Lenny is the young shark whose father heads the underwater mafia but he is secretly vegetarian. Oscar is a small fish who works at the whale wash where he dreams of stardom, which comes his way when he takes credit for slaying Lenny's brother who was really killed by a lowered anchor. Bland storytelling with a ridiculous finale that forgets that sharks are natural predators. Directors Vicky Jenson, Bibo Bergeron and Rob Letterman are aided by spectacular images that nearly save the film but cannot overturn idiotic storytelling. Will Smith voices Oscar, the small fish destine for greater things. Jack Black voices Lenny whose vegetarian ways provide some humour. Other roles are merely celebrity character based. Renee Zellweger voices the standard female fish love interest, and Robert De Niro voices Lenny's mafia based father who would prefer that his son act like a real shark. Angelina Jolie plays a seductive female fish whom Oscar becomes distracted with. Its references to The Godfather and Jaws are likely to go right over the heads of the target audience, while adult likely should be watching those films to begin with. In the end it seems purposed only as a disciple of the superior Finding Nemo. Score: 4 / 10