Product Details

• Actors: Freddie Prinze Jr., Rob Schneider, Evan Rachel Wood, Donal Logue, Andy Dick
• Directors: Howard E. Baker, John Fox
• Writers: Anurag Mehta, Chris Denk, Scott Clevenger, Timothy Wayne Peternel
• Producers: Alex J. Yoo, Alex Yoo
• Format: Animated, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Studio: Weinstein Company
• DVD Release Date: October 9, 2007
• Run Time: 77 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000RMJ4F8
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,836 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • #76 in Music > Children's Music
• For more information about "The Reef" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Features include:

•MPAA Rating: G
•Format: DVD
•Runtime: 77 minutes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Undersea robbery, March 22, 2008

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Amanda Richards (Georgetown, Guyana) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Reef (DVD)

Short Attention Span Summary (SASS)

1. Boy fish meets girl fish
2. Bigger boy fish has his lateral eyes on the same girl fish
3. Boy fishes compete to win girl fish's fin in marriage
4. You already know how this is going to end


You'll get a strong feeling of déjà vu when watching this movie. Not only are the underwater locations familiar, especially the reef, the ocean current and the shipwreck, but the characters also, like the shark, the turtle, the jellyfish, the shrimp, the pelican, the starfish and the "henchmen". There's even a bit of "The Karate Kid" in there when a wise old ninja turtle helps out the underdogfish.

You'll also find that the majority of the scenes have been done before in other movies, and better. Taken on its own it's an average kids' movie, but the "borrowing" is so blatant that it's impossible to classify it as an original movie.

You've seen most of this before in Finding Nemo, The Little Mermaid and Shark Tale, so no need to waste money on this one. Let the kids catch it on cable if they want to.



Amanda Richards, March 22, 2008

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not for young, young kids unless you skip the begining, March 30, 2008

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SciFi lover "Amy" (DC Metro Area) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Reef (DVD)

The was the first film which made my 2 year-old cry. At the begining of the film you meet the parents in the sludge of Boston, talking about moving to the reef. Then the net comes and gets all of them, mother, father, and child. The child escapes but the mother and father are dragged away in the net leaving the child crying "mom, dad..." and then he is sad for for a while while traveling to the reef with a bunch of porpoises. Seeing the parents carried off was too visual with crying out over and over, and didn't have to be part of the film at all. How about the parent decide to move and they all go there? It wouldn't have changed the rest off the movie at all. My 12 year-old, husband, and I didn't like that they had to put this strife in and it, and in a really upsetting way. It didn't seem to fit with the rest of the film other than traveling with the porpoises but they all could have traveled with the porpoises. Later having it said that, your parents are sushi now kid, didn't help with me liking this film. Luckily this is way over most kids heads

This was not done as well as "Shark Tale" animation wise or story wise. It cannot even be compared to "Finding Nemo". The story after the parents demise was OK, and just that. Predictable but children may like it. Parent won't.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars So much better than Nemo, November 28, 2008

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B. Cook "health nut" (Lake Gaston VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Reef (DVD)

We bought this dvd for our 3 year old and he dearly loves it. It even held our attention. Given the choice of watching Finding Nemo or The Reef, he gladly chooses the Reef. This is a prime example just because a movie is heavily advertised doesn't mean it's a good one. We never saw any ads for the Reef but are so glad we came across it in the store!