An average movie

I already saw this movie but since it was a while back, I thought I might as well check it out again. In fact, I actually saw this flick in the movie theater with my wife and kids when it was released. Back then, it was a critical flop and it has indeed a rather lame reputation but, personally, I think it is not so bad after all. I mean, I have to admit it, with this production, the limitations of DreamWorks Animation became rather obvious, especially compared to the stellar work delivered by Pixar at the time. Indeed, even though the plot was really different, this movie was probably still too similar to ‘Finding Nemo’ which was released just the year before. Another annoying trademark from DreamWorks, still used nowadays, was to have a star-studded cast to cover up the fact that the story was actually rather weak. Fortunately, the voice cast was actually really spot on this time and it made the whole thing probably more entertaining than it actually deserved. Indeed, in this case, they came up with a rather convoluted story involving some gangsters sharks but, to be honest, it never really worked. It didn’t help that 99% of the jokes were based on some or more less obscure pop-culture references  and these jokes became fairly soon rather tiring, even borderline exhausting. And, yet, I have to admit that the damned thing was still fairly entertaining, above all, thanks to the neat voice-cast involved. Anyway, to conclude, in spite of its flaws, it was a decent watch and I think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.