When his partner is killed by the mysterious and possibly nonexistent Jaguar Shark, Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) and his Team Zissou crew set off for an expedition to hunt down the creature.

He must find the Jaguar Shark to give his life meaning ... this isn’t quite a comedy and isn’t exactly a tragedy, The Life Aquatic is a mischievous and melancholy thing of wonder.

The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou is, certainly, standard Anderson fare, the story of a Jacques Cousteau-type oceanographer trying to get a look at the jaguar shark that devoured his friend and ...