Roger Ebert gave the film two out of four stars, observing, "Since the target audience for Shark Tale is presumably kids and younger teenagers, how many of them have seen the R-rated Godfather and will get all the inside jokes? Not a few, I suppose, and some of its characters and dialogue have passed into common knowledge. But it's strange that a kid-oriented film would be based on parody of a 1972 gangster movie for adults." He also opined that younger viewers would have trouble enjoying a film about adult characters with adult problems, such as an elaborate love triangle and a main character wanting to clear his debt with loan sharks, and compared it to more successful fish-focused animated features like Pixar Animation Studios' Finding Nemo, which Ebert felt featured a simpler plot that audiences could more easily identify with. [25] Richard Roeper commented that although the film was not on the same level as Finding Nemo, it was a film worth seeing. [26] This section is in a table format that may be better if supplemented with prose. You can help by adding a prose summary of the table(s). Editing help is available. ( September 2023) A video game based on the film was released on September 29, 2004, for Microsoft Windows, Xbox, GameCube, PlayStation 2, and Game Boy Advance. [47] Published by Activision, Edge of Reality developed the console versions of the game, while Vicarious Visions developed the Game Boy Advance version, and Amaze Entertainment developed the Microsoft Windows version. [47] The cast from the film didn't reprise their roles in the game, except David P. Smith reprising his role as Crazy Joe. DreamWorks Denies Ethnic Slurs in 'Shark Tale' ". Reuters. September 14, 2004. Archived from the original on September 16, 2004. The Complete List: Academy Award Winners". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 17, 2022 . Retrieved January 17, 2022.

Katie Couric as Katie Current, a female sea bass who is the local reporter of the Southside Reef in the US release, the character is based on and modeled after Couric. At the time, Katie Couric co-hosted Today in America. [4] In the Australian release, then-local Today co-host Tracy Grimshaw dubbed her lines, while [4] Fiona Phillips of the UK's GMTV provided the voice for the British release of the film [5] and Cristina Parodi of Italy's Verissimo provided the Italian version of the character. [6]Ziggy Marley and Doug E. Doug as Ernie and Bernie, two jellyfish with Jamaican accents and Sykes' enforcers, who enjoy torturing Oscar with their painful stingers when he is in trouble with their boss. Ebert, Roger (October 1, 2004). "Shark Tale". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on March 31, 2020 . Retrieved July 9, 2020. This is the first computer-animated film by DreamWorks Animation to be produced at their Glendale studio. The studio that previously animated DreamWorks Animation's hand drawn animated films The Prince of Egypt, The Road to El Dorado, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, and Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas. Shrek the Halls (2007) • Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space (2009) • Merry Madagascar (2009) • Scared Shrekless (2010) • Kung Fu Panda Holiday (2010) • Gift of the Night Fury (2011) • Madly Madagascar (2013) • Trolls Holiday (2017) • How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming (2019) • Trolls: Holiday in Harmony (2021) This is also the last film by DreamWorks Animation to be produced at their Glendale studio that was distributed worldwide by DreamWorks Pictures (the then label from Universal Pictures).

Michael Imperioli as Frankie, Lenny's older brother and Don Lino's eldest son, who is embarrassed by Lenny's vegetarian views. Roeper, Richard (October 4, 2004). "Shark Tale - Critic Review - Ebert & Roeper". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on November 19, 2012 . Retrieved August 2, 2012. Bobb'e J. Thompson, Kamali Minter, Emily Lyon Segan as the Shorties, three delinquent young fish and friends of Oscar who love to spray graffiti. Two of them are cowfishes and one is a Pennant coralfish. a b c "Shark Tale (2004)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Archived from the original on June 12, 2021 . Retrieved June 11, 2021. Annual Annie Awards". Annie Awards. Archived from the original on September 3, 2017 . Retrieved June 6, 2021.a b LaPorte, Nicole (June 6, 2004). "Inside Move: 'Shark' has local angle". Variety. Archived from the original on September 13, 2014 . Retrieved September 13, 2014. Martin Scorsese as Sykes, a loan shark pufferfish who owns the Whale Wash and to whom Oscar owes five thousand clams for Don Lino who he used to work for until he got fired. Angelina Jolie as Lola, a femme-fatale lion fish, who is only interested in those who are rich and famous, and Oscar developed a romantic interest in her. Ugolini, Chiara (February 18, 2005). "I pesci di 'Shark tale' parlano italiano". La Repubblica (in Italian). Archived from the original on September 13, 2014 . Retrieved September 13, 2014.