Friday, October 08, 2004
Movie review: Shark Tale, starring Will Smith
World Magazine Online: "Shark Tale isn't bad, depending on how you look at it. It's near the top of the DreamWorks animated line-up, but it fails to approach the delightfulness of even the weaker entries in the Pixar canon.
The film (rated PG for some mild language and crude humor) follows Finding Nemo to the bottom of the ocean but isn't content with what if finds there. Shark Tale doesn't simply anthropomorphize undersea life but instead imagines a water world complete with city streets, 'whale washes,' and Italian crime families. The hero is Oscar (voiced by Will Smith), a colorful fish with dreams of the high life but stuck in a dead-end job. He gets his chance at greatness when he's present during the accidental death of a shark (the son and heir of crime boss Don Lino). "
The film (rated PG for some mild language and crude humor) follows Finding Nemo to the bottom of the ocean but isn't content with what if finds there. Shark Tale doesn't simply anthropomorphize undersea life but instead imagines a water world complete with city streets, 'whale washes,' and Italian crime families. The hero is Oscar (voiced by Will Smith), a colorful fish with dreams of the high life but stuck in a dead-end job. He gets his chance at greatness when he's present during the accidental death of a shark (the son and heir of crime boss Don Lino). "
