Shark Tale can't hang with the animation big fish

Rating: 6/10 (28 February 2007)

In the annals of computer generated animations, "Shark Tale" will not be mentioned with the best of them. The animation was fine, they usually are. The story is what was totally lacking. I had no interest in a fish trying to become a rich big shot... I mean come on, it was a fish. There were a couple of compelling characters, Oscar (Will Smith), not being one of them. Oh, wait a minute... I'm confusing this movie with "Finding Nemo"... there were NO compelling characters. Well, I guess those Jamaican Jellyfish weren't so bad. To top it all off, there was nothing to laugh at. Every good animation has to have its good comedic moments, or at least the one funny character. "Shark Tale" lacked both of those. But, "Shark Tale" was an animation, it was mildly entertaining, and as I always say: it's hard to go wrong with an animation.
Let's review: Animation, good. Story, marginal. Characters, not compelling. Jamaican Jellyfish, OK. Movie, mildly entertaining.