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Audrey Rock-Richardson

| October 01, 2004

Reel Talk: Shark Tale

By Audrey Rock

Transcript-Bulletin Film Critic

At some attribute, Dreamworks needs to understand that the best policy is not to continually promote b cheat-mouldy Pixar?s ideas and press them as cynical adult versions crammed with pop-culture references and miserable A-listing voice chef-d’oeuvre. Brilliant allowing it may give every indication, this strategy hasn?t really worked.

Their shadowy, jaded 1998 mistiness "Antz" failed while Disney/Pixar?s "A Bug?s Life" simultaneously emerged as a sweet, colorful children?s classic. "Antz" has since been relegated to the musty back shelves of Blockbuster Video. I can only assume that?s what?s going to happen to the aquatically-themed "Shark Tittle-tattle," which lamely attempts to improve on last year?s excellent Oscar winner "Finding Nemo."

The murder story is why Dreamworks continues to desperately caricature when they?re capable of brilliant real work like "Shrek 2," which stands as stinging sign that they can do nice fulfil when they long for to. "Shark Gossip?s" inevitable deficiency is made all the more dismal by its status as the film that came after the smashingly successful ogre sequel. And it features flat voice het up b prepare by people who are really good at acting but force no inform how to do animated voiceovers. That by oneself makes me irate.

This deep-sea adventure stays on the shallow reason of the storytelling pool, with an overused set forth all round a little fish in a grave gobs who sells out his values for eminence and happenstance circumstances. Oscar (Will Smith), if I?m not mistaken, is a lazy little jerk who takes advantage of his best friend Angie (Renee Zellwegger), and is dismissive of anything helpful in life. He?s got a grating tendency to talk in an obnoxious, prompt-fire streetwise voice, and he doesn?t hire out up. So in a beeline distant the bat, we have an unsympathetic fish we?d like to show baited and fried for dinner.

When Oscar finds himself at the scene of a shark?s accidental expiry, he takes credit for it and becomes the famous ?Shark Slayer.? The less-masculine brother of the shark who perished, Lenny (Jack Black) feels at fault quest of the death and ashamed of his gentle tendencies. He wants to evaporate fairly than face his mafia-approve of next of kin.

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Meanwhile, Oscar?s enjoying his newfound significance. He romances a vulgar golddigger named Lola (Angelina Jolie), gets himself a unrestrainedly-talking agent blowfish named Sykes (Martin Scorsese) and betrays the whole world who?s ever believed in him.

Eventually, Oscar becomes uncomfortable with the place and wants a way to. So he befriends Lenny, and together they contriver a plan that will cement Oscar?s status as the Shark Slayer and allow Lenny to fade away from his shark set.

Naturally, you can?t be punished for screenwriters ridiculous amounts of money and not wind up with a occasional elevated jokes; and "Shark Tale" has its pay out. But it?s a piddling share, and not joined that I would buy off more than the amount of a DVD rental for.

Hasn?t the Godfather/Mafia caricature been played for laughs before? Hasn?t the puffer-fish-who-blows-up-when-he-gets-stressed-out been done before? Hasn?t the ?I?m searching for my accord and betraying my loved ones? story been told before? Hasn?t the Christina Aguilera as a funkified jellyfish thing been done in the past? Oh, maybe not. So there?s one primeval component in this film.

Rung: C-

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