hmmmm....gambling, love interests, a death, torture via jelly fish stings...this is not a movie for little kids. My elementry school child saw only a few scenes but was totally upset about the jelly fish abusing the shrimp - he would need therapy if he watched the entire thing. Most of us try to teach our kids not to hit and kick others...given this, does it make sense that we allow all this violent garbage to pass for kids entertainment?
Shark Tale
(2004, Rated PG, Family and kids, Starring Robert De Niro, Will Smith, Renee Zellweger)
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Parent & Educator Reviewers Say | Kid Reviewers Say
- I rate this title off for age 11 and give it
- I rate this title on for age 8 and give it
i laughed
WE HAVE THIS MOVIE AT HOME & ITS SUCH A CUTE! MOVIE.
- I rate this title on for age 8 and give it
- I rate this title iffy for age 8 and give it
- I rate this title iffy for age 11 and give it
- I rate this title off for age 13 and give it
- I rate this title on for age 5 and give it
Funny Movie, bad message
I feel that this movie has all the right moves when it comes to a fun cartoon for kids; the comedic content was good. My concern is that the message sent is the wrong one. Lying is a bad thing, especially in this case when the whole town is deceived. This is not the message I want to send my children. I feel that if the topic of lying is discussed and the issue is brought up as a family and kids understand that lying is in fact bad, that the movie can just be a fun movie and nothing else.
- I rate this title iffy for age 5 and give it
Not worth the time
Funny ending but boring up untill the last half hour. It feels like the writers were tring to catch the "Finding Nemo" craze and fell short.
- I rate this title on for age 8 and give it
- I rate this title iffy for age 5 and give it
- I rate this title on for age 8 and give it
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- I rate this title off for age 11 and give it
Could have been so much better
The shark scenes with D'Niro's character were funny. As the movie wore on, the cliches wore on me. The fish were creepy looking (what kind were they anyway?) They looked too human to perceive them as fish. The messages were a little to mature for my 7 & 9 year olds.
- I rate this title on for age 8 and give it
- I rate this title iffy for age 5 and give it
- I rate this title off for age 11 and give it
- I rate this title on for age 8 and give it
- I rate this title iffy for age 11 and give it
- I rate this title iffy for age 8 and give it
Sexy, manipulative fish and mob humor for kids?
This movie was visually interesting, but my kids were dizzy by the end of it. There is so much adult humor and adult references that much of it was lost on the kids, and shocking to me. Furthermore, I don't think that a slinky sexy fish charcater, nor mob humor and mob character take-offs are appropriate or funny for my 6, 8, and 10 year olds. It was a frenetic movie with fast scene-changes, a culture icon-catering stereotypical take-off of nothing. I think it missed not only its audience, but a potential to reach sensitive kids.
- I rate this title on for age 5 and give it
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- I rate this title off for age 11 and give it
VERY Disappointing
This movie is NOT for small children. In fact, I have a hard time deciding who this movie is for. In one word this move was ghetto. Hip-hop? Maybe. I'm very disappointed that Will Smith (whom I adore) would make such a movie. The plot is weak, it's laden with sexual innuendo (Lola) and the general theme really emphasized all you DON'T want your small children to learn. I can appreciate the entertainment value of the movie - but not for very small children. I suppose this movie is for 11-13 year olds??
- I rate this title on for age 5 and give it
Funny for various ages and genders
My 6 year old girl and 11 year old boy both howled and enjoyed this, as did their 50-year-old mother. (Pre-readers will miss a lot of the wordplay humor in signs.) Great visuals, good message about Lenny's differences.
- I rate this title on for age 5 and give it
- I rate this title on for age 5 and give it
We had an enjoyable evening!
We took our 4 year old to see the movie Saturday night. She enjoyed it, but remembered little about the plot. I felt that it had many twists and turns and snappy language making it difficult for her to "get it" the first time she saw it. (As every parent with a preschooler knows, they like to watch a movie MANY times before truly enjoying it!) The only thing that annoys me a little bit is the big push for fish to be "friends... not food." I am not a vegetarian!
Parent & Educator Reviewers Say | Kid Reviewers Say
- I rate this title iffy for age 9 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Negative role models
a movie for kids with a flirty dirty twist
well this movie is a hard one it has a little bit of questional gestures there is a song i like big butts older brother 14 started singing it and got in trouble this movie is a bout a fish who wants money and will do anythig he lies cheats and throws a party where a girl and him get all cozy i wuold say if your child is not a monkey see monkey do i would fast foward through some scenes
- I rate this title off for age 2 and give it
SUCKS
I really dont know how this got 4 stars, but i am sorry, this was the WORST movie i have ever seen, a complete waste of you time, I want that Hour and 30 mins of my life back, NOW.
- I rate this title on for age 8 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
Not bad.
I like Disco which is in the film but something flirty is that Lola fluttered her eyelashes at Oscar. It also has a little bit of crude humor when the old shark passes gas around everyone! Oscar also got a black eye.
- I rate this title on for age 5 and give it
This movie sucked. It wasent funny at all. Not worth anything so dont watch it. i dont think kid would even want to watch this movie cause It sucks really bad. I repeat DONT watch this movie.
Lives in New York- I rate this title on for age 7 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive consumerism
Great Movie for Kids
Shark Tale is one of the clean PG movies of today, but still has parental warnings. Sexual content is limited to the song "Gold Digger" playing while Angelina Jolie's character swings her hips and dances seductively. One character dies. And probably the coarsest language is "Who in the halibut?" Great movie. You should see it.
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
Decent - but not like the Sherk series
This is a story of a fish named Oscar (voiced by Will Smith) who dreams of being rich, famous and recognized. He works at an average Whale Wash. But when a shark gets accidentally killed by an anchor - he lies as a sharkslayer but when nice-guy Lenny finds out he slayed his dad they team up to try to hide the fact that it's a lie. THE REST IS A SURPRISE 4 U!
- I rate this title off for age 2 and give it
pointless
this is one of the most pointless movies i have EVER seen!! some parts funny though
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
it made robots look like trash
robots stinks copared to shark tale
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
Sharkum
Shark Tale is sweeet! 1 of the best movies I've ever seen.ONNNNNNNNNNNN!
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
