Customer Reviews

The Reef

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

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

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.

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!

I mpurchased this video for my grandkids ages 8 mon to 3 years. They watch the movie over and over. A great buy.

Predictable, not really, there is still a lot of suspense. This movie is geared for children, yet it captivated me, a 40 year old. I liked it so much that I actually bought it, and I buy very few movies. This movie has some absolutely beautiful graphics and a very heart warming plot.
My 11 year old absolutely loved it. She saw it several month ago and everytime we run across it in the rental store she still asks to rent it again. I can only recommend this cd. It is good solid childrens entertainment.

This was one of the worst cartoons I have ever seen. It was so close to Barney in annoyance that I wanted to drag it behind my car on fire. I cannot imagine how this won a award with the mix of FINDING NEMO and NINJA TURTLES. I am sure that the grief is not worth the time or money!

This is a very poorly done movie. It is a poorly disguised copy of Finding Nemo, and is one of those political "The Humans are so Terrible and are Destroying the Earth" movies trying to falsely show how bad the human race is, and that all we do is destroy. This was a terrible movie that we shut off after about 30 minutes. Buy Finding Nemo and skip this B-rated (or C-rated) knock-off. This was a complete waste of money.

We bought this out of the $5 bin at walmart and didnt expect much. It was so much better than expected! I would say just as entertaining as all the other animated movies out there,,, well worth the $6-$8 it cost

This move was a present for my 3 year old, and to be honest, he likes it. However, I would recommend that no one else waste any money on this piece of garbage. The animation is awful, the story is horrible, and the acting is terrible. There are many other good movies out there worth spending your money on.

Really good viewing. My Grankids just love it like I do. Keep it in the truck dvd or house, it usually goes where we go.Shipping was fast and clean.