The Reef

Description

After losing everything, a young fish, Pi, goes to live
with his family on the Reef. There he meets the love of his life but finds
that she already has the unwanted affections of a bully shark. He must follow
his destiny to save her and rid the Reef of this menace for good.
The story of a young fish who suffers a great loss and moves to a new town
where he falls in love with a beautiful fish and angers the resident shark
bully, The Reef (initially known as Shark Bait) is a beautifully computer
animated film with striking similarities to Finding Nemo and Shark Tale. The
first Hollywood feature-length, all computer generated film ever made in
Korea, The Reef won the Film Advisory Board Award of Excellence and is a great
display of saturated colors, nice underwater detailing, and anthropomorphic
animation that endows every fish with an abundance of character while
retaining its believability as a fish. The voice talent is good and includes
Freddie Prinze Jr. as Pi, Evan Rachel Wood as Cordelia, Fran Drescher as
Pearl, Donal Logue as Troy, and Rob Schneider as a variety of sea creatures
including Nerissa. The story is engaging, but the whole film watches like a
Finding Nemo knock-off with scenes like the pelican bobbing on the channel
marker, the Portuguese Man of War that populate the West Indies current, and
the wise old turtle Nerissa who teaches Pi so much about the ways of the sea.
Similarities to Shark Tale also abound, the most obvious being one little
fish’s determination to stand up to the big bully shark. Appropriate for ages
3 and older, although the initial scene where Pi’s mother and father are
caught in a fishing net may prove upsetting to very young or sensitive
children. –Tami Horiuchi

Features:

Product Details:

• Genre: Kids & Family, Animation
• Format: Multiple Formats, NTSC, Animated, Full Screen, Subtitled
• Contributor: Timothy Wayne Peternel, Evan Rachel Wood, Dylan Cash, Bruno Alexander, Andy Dick, Rob Schneider, Anurag Mehta, John Rhys-Davies, Jimmy Bennett, Donal Logue, Brice Beckham, Scott Clevenger, Fran Drescher, Howard E. Baker, Freddie Prinze Jr., John Fox, R. Lee Ermey, Chris Denk See more
• Language: English
• Runtime: 1 hour and 17 minutes
• Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.33:1
• Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
• MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ G (General Audience)
• Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.08 Ounces
• Item model number ‏ : ‎ 264316
• Director ‏ : ‎ Howard E. Baker, John Fox
• Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, NTSC, Animated, Full Screen, Subtitled
• Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 17 minutes
• Release date ‏ : ‎ October 9, 2007
• Actors ‏ : ‎ Freddie Prinze Jr., Rob Schneider, Evan Rachel Wood, Donal Logue, Andy Dick