Shark Bait (2006)

User Rating:

4.3/10   

Directors:

Howard E. Baker
John Fox

Writers:

Scott Clevenger (screenplay)
Chris Denk (story)

Release Date:

7 July 2006 (South Korea)

Genre:

Animation | Family

Tagline:

The adventure continues (Israeli tag-line)

Plot:

One fish must find his destiny to save his home and the love of his life from a bullying shark.

Plot Keywords:

Shark | Fish | Turtle | Scene During End Credits | Underwater

Cast

Freddie Prinze Jr.	...	Pi (voice)
Rob Schneider	...	Nerissa (voice)
Evan Rachel Wood	...	Cordelia (voice)
Donal Logue	...	Troy (voice)
Andy Dick	...	Dylan / Curious Shark (voice)
Fran Drescher	...	Pearl (voice)
John Rhys-Davies	...	Thorton (voice)
R. Lee Ermey	...	Jack (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bruno Alexander	...	Pi's Dad (voice)
Brice Beckham	...	Green Gossiping Fish / Cynical Shark (voice)
Jimmy Bennett	...	Young Pi (voice)
Dylan Cash	...	Young Percy (voice)
Michael Cornacchia	...	Angler Fish (voice)
Richard Epcar	...	Moe (voice)
David Fickas	...	Max / Squid No. 3 / Big Shark (voice)
Trent Ford	...	Percy (voice)
Reedy Gibbs	...	Pi's Mom (voice)
Joel Michaely	...	Lou (voice)
Megahn Perry	...	Percy's Mum / Female Parrotfish (voice)
Matthew Rauch	...	Mussel No. 2 / Sponge / Buddy (voice)
Mel Rodriguez	...	Manny, Dr. Tang (voice)
Tahnee Shah	...	Prawn (voice)
Tia Shah	...	Prawn (voice)
Kirk Zipfel	...	Mussel No. 1 / Squid No. 1 (voice)

Also Known As:

The Reef (South Africa: English title) (UK)
Pi's Story (South Korea)
The Pearl (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

USA:77 min

Country:

USA | South Korea

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

USA:G | Brazil:Livre | Ireland:G | Netherlands:6 | Portugal:M/6 | Finland:K-7 | South Korea:All | New Zealand:G | Singapore:G | Australia:G

Company:

Digi Art

Quotes:

[imitating Darth Vader from ‘Star Wars V’]
Sharp-toothed baddie sidekick: I am your father. Come to the dark side. Oh wait - you can't come to the dark side because you're not evil enough.

Movie Connections:

References The Ten Commandments (1956)

Soundtrack:

Its True

absolute carp- the worst animated film ever ever ever!!!

Firstly, let me start by saying that if I could give this movie 0, then I happily would, as it goes I cain't so a 1 will have to do. Now, then on with the review. 'The Reef' or 'Shark Bait' as it is otherly known is a floundering story about a young guppie fish named Pi who is forced to move to the glossy reef under the sea after his family are killed. It is here where he encounters bullying sharks, dopey but cute angelfish and a storyline so drip it makes you want to bury your own head.Queue all the kiddie-flick clichés which so merrily unfold. There are just so many bad points about this movie (not to mention a laughable stab at trying to rip off Finding Nemo and Shark Tale) The animation is absolute carp, the voice-over work (by a blatantly wannabe Will Smith-like Freddie Prinze Jr and Rob Schneider) is a jumbled mess and the whole 'complexity' of the story is just bad. The set visuals are very candy-eyed but only add to the dishorientation of the film. It is a very appalling movie, even below Shark Tale's standard, and very very un-original. Don't see this for your own good...