Best Disney movie that Disney never made

Rating: 1/10 (18 October 2004)

This film has all the classic Disney elements that we've all grown to loathe so much: loud, obnoxious pop-culture references, a story-line so weak that it assumes the viewer has no intelligence and the ever-so-popular product tie-in placements in your face. It doesn't matter that some of the letters have been changed to make a pun; everyone still recognizes the brand and the effect is achieved.
I grant that in watching any of the animated movies you have to suspend a certain amount of belief, but do I have to pretend I'm stupid, also? The final wrapup was so contrived that it wouldn't have played any worse if Dreamworks had chosen to have sharks all come out of the water and take jobs as stockbrokers in New York.
I wish I had read some reviews before going to see this movie but I was duped by the name (they made Shrek, right?) and current quality trend in animated features from Pixar and Dreamworks. A waste of a talented cast all playing caricatures of their famous roles. Often, this can be funny as a passing reference but grows really tiresome after five minutes. Is there any doubt Will Smith can voice the Fresh Prince, Robert DiNero a mobster, Angolina Jolie a golddigging temptress, etc.? Have the kids really seen these movies? Who is this aimed at? It is certainly not on an adult level.
Message to Dreamworks: Lose the commercial endorsements. It's bad enough that we'll all be beleaguered with them for six month afterwards for free; we don't need to spend the ninety minutes that we paid for with them in our faces also!
Message to Everyone Else: Save your money-go rent Toy Story or Nemo again!