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Shark Bait

Play trailer Poster for Shark Bait G 2006 1h 17m Kids & Family Comedy Adventure Animation Play Trailer Watchlist
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Pi (Freddie Prinze Jr.) lives in a part of the ocean that is controlled by big and powerful sharks who prey on the fearful. After he suffers a great loss, Pi moves to a new town to start over and he falls in love with a beautiful fish named Cordelia (Evan Rachel Wood), angering the local shark bully who has a thing for her. Pi barely escapes becoming a snack and sets out to learn as much as he can about the reef with his cousin Dylan (Andy Dick) and when he is ready, he returns for a showdown.

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Tracy Moore Common Sense Media 08/05/2014
2/5
Animated ocean tale has lots of scuffles and bullying. Go to Full Review
Louise Keller Urban Cinefile 07/25/2008
It was called Shark Bait in some territories, but The Reef is a much better title for this colourful and family friendly animated ocean tale Go to Full Review
Joseph Proimakis Movies for the Masses 01/13/2008
1/5
Tetrimmena gags ki adynames ypoplokes poy emfanizontai ki eksafanizontai horis synohi i synepeia, prospathoyn apegnosmena na gemisoyn ti diarkeia enos animation apati Go to Full Review
David Cornelius eFilmCritic.com 10/16/2007
1/5
One of the cheapest, ugliest cartoon features ever produced. Go to Full Review
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William S @Creatune 12h I watched this as a kid, but now that I see it as an adult, I think of this completely different. Animation first thing through, it’s already terrible. Voice acting isn’t terrible, but it’s terrible English lip syncing. And sometimes, when voice acting is done, the mouths don’t even move. The pelican’s voice is funny, though. The character designs are a bit unsettling, it’s mostly the teeth though. I would also point out the comedy is a bit terrible. I’d also like to point out the plot of the movie: kids should not take the moral of fighting back to bullies, that would get them in trouble and not the bully. Doesn’t really fit well with a family movie. Instead, what I’d recommend if I were the writer is to have a child (or adult) tell a trusted adult or something to have them take care of bullies. Would not recommend this movie, it is about a rip off of Finding Nemo and Shark Tale. See more Isaac T @RT89273126 Jun 5 I'll say that this film is the worst because it was a ripoff of Dreamwork's Shark Tale and Pixar's Finding Nemo. The worst movie I ever seen in my life!!!! See more Jasmine N @RT44972846 04/09/2025 I loved watching this growing up. A lot of people say the CGI isn’t very good but from a kids perspective it wasn’t bad at all. The film is so colorful and kid friendly with very funny fish and other sea creatures on the reef. It so welcoming and entertaining for children of all ages. See more 04/09/2020 There is nothing enchanted about this film. It is boring, the CGI is crude, and the plot is also cliched. If you find this movie, I'd suggest you bury the movie so no unfortunate person would come up and waste time watching this bad movie. See more 08/27/2019 Wow, this movie sucks. This is literally some of the worst animation and voice acting I have ever seen. See more 06/23/2017 This is one of the worst and most forgettable rip-offs of both Finding Nemo and The Karate Kid. The animation is vomit inducing and leaves a nauseous feeling in my stomach. The plot is a near mimic of the Karate Kid and the characters are forgettable and uninteresting. All in all this is an ugly and unnecessary piece of garbage. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Pi (Freddie Prinze Jr.) lives in a part of the ocean that is controlled by big and powerful sharks who prey on the fearful. After he suffers a great loss, Pi moves to a new town to start over and he falls in love with a beautiful fish named Cordelia (Evan Rachel Wood), angering the local shark bully who has a thing for her. Pi barely escapes becoming a snack and sets out to learn as much as he can about the reef with his cousin Dylan (Andy Dick) and when he is ready, he returns for a showdown.
Director
Howard E. Baker, John Fox
Producer
Mark A.Z. Dippe, Ash R. Shah, Youngki Lee
Screenwriter
Scott Clevenger
Production Co
Digi Art, Arc Productions, Silver Nitrate Pictures, Digiart Productions, Starz Animation, Wonderworld Studios, FX Digital
Rating
G
Genre
Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 10, 2016
Runtime
1h 17m
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