Didn't hold my attention

Rating: 6/10 (30 October 2004)

Animated sea tale, with obvious comparisons with Finding Nemo. Shouldn't be any reason for it not to work, but in spite of some nice moments, increasingly as it went on I found myself checking my watch instead of watching it, and some of it was too embarrassing to watch.
It's hard to put my finger on what the problem was, as it isn't obvious. The characters are a bit, erm, two dimensional, and Will Smith's Oscar is too foolish to be likable. It does look far too similar in terms of setting and some of the plot to Finding Nemo, as if there was a jumping on the bandwagon for lack of any better ideas. The ending, while it has Disney-type morality in it, is really too trite for anyone over five to be inspired by.
You'll be entertained by this in places, though not consistently, but in the end it won't amount to very much. It doesn't have the flair, consistent humour and magic that say Emperor's New Groove had. It's more like Disney on an off day.... still cranking out the same formula, but not entirely convincingly.