Renee Zellwegger is instantly recognisable in her fish counterpart Angie, as is the vampy Angela Jolie (Lola). This is Wil Smith in full Fresh Prince wise-cracking mode made piscine in Oscar. Never has (or will) a fish ever look more like Wil Smith, or acted like him. With that aside, the cartoon images in Shark Tale are well presented, with the anthropomorphic fish taking on the facial characteristics of their voice actors. This is not to say Shark Tale's graphic work is bad, simply that it does not feel waterborne. Yes, there are fish in the shot and yes everything intellectually should be under the sea, but where Nemo oozed and flowed in a very fluid vista Shark Tale shows colour and spectacle, but without that organic ocean feeling. Shark Tale fails to really seem as if anything is happening underwater. At this point I would make one valid comparison with Nemo - the graphics. From the star fish walk of fame through the dolphin police, through to the shots of "the top of the reef", the sequence is a bustling hive of activity. Opening with a detailed dive into the city of the fish Shark Tale presents a world of sight gags and moderate puns. It is unfortunate that Shark Tale comes out the lesser of the two movies, but truly comparing the two is generally a fruitless exercise. Shark Tale is doubtlessly going to be endlessly compared to Pixar's "Finding Nemo".
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