Pretty Good

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Love this movie it is a classic,Best fish face film i've seen this month.Will smiths voice is even spectacular in the portuguese voiceover. 10/10 would watch on a plane. infected my computer and me with a virus may be fatal, worth it. bring your kids!

(NOTE: I'm a white guy from Japan, born and raised. And I loved this movie! Don't try a stereotype it saying only those in the "black crowd" like it, especially because it has Will Smith. lol wut???)Oh, and the the Nostalgia Critic is wrong, for being way too biased about this. I LIKE this film! Because it RULES! It's funny, it's creative, and it's cool & has effort! It ain't no "masterpiece", but it's not "bad" either! What do you expect from DreamWorks??? Don't put too much pressure on them! And Oscar the fish?? I never found him ugly! He does have a big mouth though. lulzBeing 12 when I first saw this, MAN, did I get a kick out of it! Though understand, "nostalgic" doesn't mean "better" - it just means you're more attached to it. But on it's own, I believe it still holds up to this day! And I think it DOESN'T deserve to get a majority of the hate it's been getting for who knows who. It really seems like films have the tendency to be overrated or either underrated, unfairly hated or unfairly loved these days - c'mon, all the hate on this film should be re-directed at something else; like "Never Cry Wolf", a horrid film that should NOT be called a "Disney" film.Moving way back, I give CREDIT to this animated film for INTRODUCING me to many big Hollywood names! Yeah, most of them I didn't really know at the time! I guess it's the cool thing about kid's films - famous names should at SOMETIME make their introduction to the minors in the audience! You name it! Whether it'd be Will Smith, Robert De Niro, Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Renée Zellweger, or Martin Scorsese (despite his putrid films that seem to glorify horrific behavior). And to this day,the fish LOOKING like the celebrities they're being voiced by! And all the jokes in the film worked too, especially the in-jokes.Honestly, I've NEVER found this movie to be a "rip-off" of "Finding Nemo" - I like any film about the ocean, as long as they're done RIGHT & tell a good story. And I think that's what this movie does; movies like this strike a chord within all of us! I do think it's a relatable film, even though all the main characters are fish. lol. Both grownups and kids can both equally enjoy this - it's a great feel-good movie, with decent animation, with even some good lessons in it, especially about honesty & family.And the soundtrack is unbelievably good, too - timeless & catchy, I've got a bunch of the songs on my iPod, not just for nostalgia sake, but because they're COOL! "Car Wash", "Got To Be Real", or "Get It Together," they're all so awesome!In the end, I'm glad this film exists, and I recommend every family to own a copy of it!8/10

I personally think this is a good movie, yes there are better animated movies out there but i still think this movie deserves more than a 6.0 as an overall rating. It is a great family movie.I enjoyed this movie years ago and still enjoy watching it now, i think it is very funny for an animated movie, and i am sure many people will think the same. It has some great actors / actresses doing the voices for the characters. I would recommend this movie if you are a big animation fan. It has good music too. I also like the story line, sweet...Well worth a 7 / 10... maybe even more.

Oscar (Will Smith) is a tiny prey fish working at a Whale Wash. Like everybody else, he cowers in fear of the sharks. In a freak accident, he survives a shark attack, and everybody believes that he actually killed the shark mobster's son. He encounters the shark mobster's other son Lenny (Jack Black) who is a vegetarian and they concoct a great scheme to increase his reputation as the Shark Slayer.First off, I don't like Oscar's character. Second I don't really like the Godfather motif. The animation is OK for the era, but I don't really like their faces either. The automatic comparison is to 'Finding Nemo' from a year earlier. The one word I describe Nemo is joy. This one leaves me feeling the blues. Oscar is a cynical fish, and his well being is of little importance to me. Also none of it is funny. It's just a bunch of quirky fish equivalence to the real world.