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Rating: 7/10 (12 October 2005)

I only watched about 20 minutes of this, so maybe it's great after that, but after 20 minutes of not laughing or being interested in the story or the characters I just decided to give up. Shark Tale (or at least the first bit) has the feel of a cartoon designed by a computer that was simply fed all the recent hit cartoons. It is achingly predictable in every detail. Which would be fine if it was funny. It's not like I look to cartoons for brilliant, incisive stories that comment on the human condition (although it's nice when it happens). A funny movie about fish would have been just fine with me if it were funny. Ice Age had one of the same writers and it was very funny, and that's what I was hoping for, and I didn't get it.