Shark Tale

2004 90 min ★ 6.0 Animation, Action, Comedy, Family

Oscar is a small fish whose big aspirations often get him into trouble. Meanwhile, Lenny is a great white shark with a surprising secret that no sea creature would guess: He's a vegetarian. When a lie turns Oscar into an improbable hero and Lenny becomes an outcast, the two form an unlikely friendship.

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Cast

Will Smith

Oscar (voice)

Robert De Niro

Don Lino (voice)

Renée Zellweger

Angie (voice)

Jack Black

Lenny (voice)

Angelina Jolie

Lola (voice)

Ziggy Marley

Ernie (voice)

Martin Scorsese

Sykes (voice)

David P. Smith

Crazy Joe (voice)

Doug E. Doug

Bernie (voice)

Michael Imperioli

Frankie (voice)

Details

Director

Bibo Bergeron

Screenplay

Rob Letterman

Tagline

"Behind every little fish is a great white lie."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$75,000,000

Revenue

$367,300,000

Production

DreamWorks Animation

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

July 20, 2026

★ 6/10

Oh, if only Robert Shaw had still be around to add a bit of menace to this. Instead, we rely on Robert De Niro as the gangster fish whose son is found dead in suspicious circumstances. Local plodder - if fish can actually plod - "Oscar" happens upon the corpse and sees an opportunity to claim that he was the brave killer - codenamed "Sharkslayer", and that he is a natural ally of those opposed to ...