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Shark Tale
2004
· Movie
· 90 min
D
MEANRANK
56/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #618
- IMDb #509
- Google retired #344
- Rotten Tomatoes #464
- Metacritic #393
- Letterboxd #496
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #473
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #469
- Metacritic Critics #338
- Metacritic Audience #415
- Criticker #353
- Douban #218
- Kinopoisk #407
- AlloCiné #525
- Trakt #505
Every rating
26–84
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 26, highest is Google on 84. Critics average 42, everyone else 59.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →In the underwater city of South Reef, a fast-talking little fish who works at a whale wash is mistaken for a slayer of a great white shark. He goes along with the lie, becoming an unlikely hero. His newfound fame attracts the attention of the city's shark mob, complicating his deception.
Details
- Directors
- Bibo Bergeron, Rob Letterman, Vicky Jenson
- Writers
- Lona Williams, Michael J. Wilson, Rob Letterman
- Studio
- DreamWorks Animation
- Released
- 20 September 2004
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $75.0M
- Box office
- $367.3M
- Awards
- 3 wins, 14 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 17 →3 wins from 17 nominations across 12 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 2004 | Best Animated Feature | Nominee | |
| ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards 2004 | Top Box Office Films | Winner | |
| Annie Awards 2004 | Outstanding Achievement for Animated Effects | Nominee | |
| Annie Awards 2004 | Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation | Nominee | |
| Annie Awards 2004 | Outstanding Achievement for Character Design in a Feature Production | Nominee | |
| Annie Awards 2004 | Outstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Feature Production | Nominee | |
| Annie Awards 2004 | Outstanding Achievement for Writing in a Feature Production | Nominee | |
| Artios Awards 2004 | Outstanding Achievement in Animated Voice-Over Feature Casting | Winner |
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Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Feature | Nominee |
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top Box Office Films | Winner |
Artios Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Achievement in Animated Voice-Over Feature Casting | Winner |
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie | Winner |
Annie Awards
5 nominations
| Outstanding Achievement for Animated Effects | Nominee | |
| Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation | Nominee | |
| Outstanding Achievement for Character Design in a Feature Production | Nominee | |
| Outstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Feature Production | Nominee | |
| Outstanding Achievement for Writing in a Feature Production | Nominee |
BET Comedy Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actor | Nominee | |
| Best Performance in an Animated Theatrical Film | Nominee |
British Academy Children's Awards
1 nomination
| Best Feature Film | Nominee |
Golden Reel Awards
1 nomination
| Best Sound Editing in Feature Film – Animated | Nominee |
Golden Schmoes Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Movie of the Year | Nominee |
Saturn Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Film | Nominee |
Teen Choice Awards
1 nomination
| Choice Movie: Animated/Computer Generated | Nominee |
Visual Effects Society Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Performance by an Animated Character in an Animated Motion Picture | Nominee |