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`Shark Tale'.
Byline: Chris Hewitt
"Shark Tale" isn't a movie. It's leftovers.
The best animated films feel timeless and original, but "Shark Tale" is stapled together from dozens of hip-hop and movie references: "Finding Nemo," "Goodfellas," "The Godfather," "Jerry Maguire," "Monsters Inc.," "Jaws," "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," "Car Wash," even "Apocalypse Now." It's like a karaoke machine that spits out random references, and you find yourself thinking, "Not another `You had me at hello' joke. `Shark Tale,' you lost me at `You had me.'"
The movie is about as deep as algae: A lazy fish named Oscar (voice of Will Smith) learns that "everything I wanted was ...
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- Magazine article from: Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication October 29, 2004 700+ words
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- Press release article from: Business Wire September 9, 2004 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times October 1, 2004 700+ words
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- `Shark Tale' continues to vex Italian-Americans.
- Newspaper article from: Zap2It.com September 15, 2004 700+ words
...Italians in the upcoming animated film "Shark Tale." This time, the Columbus Citizens...young Italian-American audiences. "Shark Tale" centers on a small fish named Oscar...Imperioli). After a recent viewing of "Shark Tale" at the Toronto Film Festival, CCF...
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- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Verniere, Jim October 1, 2004 700+ words
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