Finding Nemo Reviews

I remember it very well, when this movie was released, it was pretty huge. Back then, I went to see the damned thing with my father in the movie theater and I thought it was just really neat that I was with him but I'm not sure if he had the same experience. Anyway, I really loved this flick. Back in those days, it seemed that those guys from Pixar had decided to blow us away every time again and every feature they produced was better than the previous one. It's too bad they didn't manage to extend this miraculous hot streak but I guess they are human after all. Visually, after more than a decade, it remains one of their greatest achievement. I mean, the sea life was just gorgeous to look at and it was a great move to have the action take place in Australia for once. But, obviously, as always with Pixar, it went way beyond the impressive visuals as it is a strong and emotional tale about a father looking for his lost son and even though it might all sound pretty simple and predictable, they took their time to build some fully fledged characters and, at some point, you can't help caring for those damned fishes. Basically, it is a gorgeous animated feature with a great story, touching and entertaining at the same time and it is definitely worth a look.

To celebrate the release of 'Inside Out' (gosh Pixar went off last year), I'm reviewing all the Pixar movies! I like all the Pixar movies, but they're going a bit downhill with films such as 'Monsters University', 'Brave' and even 'Cars 2' (for the latter, I'm one of those who actually likes it), but in the 00's, the Pixar films were rather excellent, and this is no exception.

'Finding Nemo' is a very good animated movie! It blends in comedy and drama pretty well. It has an intense plot about a clownfish named Nemo (Alexander Gould) being kidnapped by a diver, and his dad Marlin (Albert Brooks) going to find him. 'Finding Nemo' is the second Pixar film to focus on a kidnapping, after 'Toy Story 2' with Nemo taking Woody's place, and Marlin taking Buzz's place!

The film features several likeable characters, including the forgetful but funny Dory (Ellen DeGeneres) and serious Gil (Willem Dafoe). It features some great music as well and some heartbreaking moments. The film doesn't get as tragic as 'Up', but it is quite possibly the second most heart-breaking Pixar film!

Firstly, I am a massive fan of animation. 'Finding Nemo' is beautifully made and animated, and features a funny and emotionally resolute script. It is possibly the best animated film ever made and can be watched over and over again.

THIS IS MY FAVORITE MOVIE OF ALL TIME.
I can (and do) rewatch it over and over. my friends and family won't even watch it with me because i know and recite every single line. pretty annoying, i'm sure.
If you haven't watched it, do it NOW

After their previous films involving toys, bugs and monsters, Pixar Animation Studios yet again take us on yet another adventure in their fifth animated feature film set in another world underneath ours. Just like pretty much every film that Pixar have made, Finding Nemo is another that truly does have everything that an animated film must require. Considering that the majority of Pixar films have all the positives worthy of animation, there is always at least one that every film from Pixar has the most. Finding Nemo is easily the most humorous and hilarious film they have done with some very clever modern-day jokes. The jokes that are told within the film are easy to deeply understand and they are creatively ingenious, so therefore it is very easy to laugh out loud while watching it.


Back in 2003, the animated effects in Finding Nemo were mesmerizing and jaw-dropping, but even now after almost a decade since its release, that is still their latest status in the effects. The effects in the underwater scenes with the fish, sharks, jellyfish etc is like filming the unfilmable because the animators managed to give us an exact image of what is underneath the water, and makes some of the fishes look like real fish. It has been a difficult task for Pixar to make human characters and although they have improvised and got better at it as more films have come out, some of the humans were brilliantly animated.


A clown fish named Marlin living in the Great Barrier Reef loses his son, Nemo, after he ventures into the open sea, despite his father's constant warnings about many of the ocean's dangers. Nemo is abducted by a boat and netted up and sent to a dentist's office in Sydney. So, while Marlin ventures off to try to retrieve Nemo, Marlin meets a fish named Dory, a blue tang suffering from short-term memory loss. The companions travel a great distance, encountering various dangerous sea creatures such as sharks, anglerfish and jellyfish, in order to rescue Nemo from the dentist's office, which is situated by Sydney Harbour. While the two are doing this, Nemo and the other sea animals in the dentist's fish tank plot a way to return to Sydney Harbour to live their lives free again.


Albert Brooks provides the voice of Marlin with a great performance! Marlin is a perfect example of an overprotective parent, but all parents who are like that have their specific personal reasons for that behaviour. In Marlin's case, it was his love's (and Nemo's mother) sudden death that led him to being protective over Nemo. Despite he is a well-intentioned fish, he is a rather insecure and dangerous one as well who becomes first off totally overprotective and then completely obsessed with finding Nemo and his rude attitude towards Dory. The quest to find Nemo is a lesson for Marlin, and it not only bonded him with Nemo, but it bought him and Dory together too. Ellen DeGeneres literally stole the show after her hilarious performance as the well-intentioned but forgetful Dory. She truly is one character of on her own that surprised us all with a whole new character, but at the same time a character that pretty much sums up Dory's personality cannot be repeated at any time in the future. Her character is just so perfect for Marlin to be accompanied because her short term memory less on a serious quest simply do not match, but as the film progresses, they become as close as soul mates or maybe even closer than that. Dory is not only the funniest animated character of all time, but DeGeneres gives a perfect performance as Dory and is quite possibly the greatest performance from an actor/actress in any animated film.


There are more cast members within the film that give good performances too. First, we obviously hear Pixar favourites John Ratzenberger, Bob Peterson, Joe Ranft and Brad Garrett. in their respected roles. Willem Dafoe plays Gill, the leader of the fish in the fish tank at the Dentists in Sydney. Gill is someone who we knew well, but didn't quite know enough about his history in the ocean and how he ended up in the fish tank, like Nemo. As for his relationship with Nemo, he wasn't like a replacement father figure but he felt more like an uncle or a close mentor so to speak. Dafoe was a great choice for Gill because he is an extraordinary looking fish with quite an eerie personality, and that is Dafoe's voice in a nutshell. Australian actor Geoffrey Rush somehow manages to pull off a very different kind of voice in comparison to the other films he has been in, as he is the voice of local Australian seagull Nigel, who happens to be a friend of the fish in the tank and helps Marlin find Nemo.


In their fifth animated feature film, Pixar select another new director for Finding Nemo - Andrew Stanton. This was his first animated feature film with Pixar, but has been a screenwriter and producer of some of Pixar's previous films. However, he wasn't alone. Lee Unkrich who went on to direct Toy Story 3 worked alongside Stanton as co-director. At the time, this was the most productive and constructive Pixar film and neither of them could have done it alone, so together they make one of the greatest animated feature films of all time. The most special quality about Finding Nemo is that it combines two different worlds on Earth together and expresses both of their natures. One of Pixar's main specialties are writing scripts. Words just cannot describe how brilliantly written Finding Nemo really was. Stanton, Bob Peterson and David Reynolds, who wrote the films script made it feel emotional, hilarious and, quite frankly, a really cool film (especially the scenes with the turtles).


Overall, Finding Nemo is a visually beautiful and hilarious journey that is perfect for all adults and all children to enjoy! Finding Nemo is one of those rare animated comedies that not only make you chuckle a few times, but it is quite possibly the one film that mix both those genres together where you literally cry with laughter! It makes its mark as one of only a few animated films that pretty much every single person felt magically enchanted and charmed by back in 2003 and still remains to do just that at the present day.

Because I have a young child, I have seen "Finding Nemo" many, many (many!!) times, as children love to watch the same thing over and over. Sometimes, depending on the movie, this gets to be very annoying for the adult(s) in the room. When it comes to "Finding Nemo", however, with repeated viewings, the movie does not lose any of its charm or entertainment value. Yes, you know what's coming, but this is one of my favourite Disney/Pixar movies. It's well written, a great story that ends happily (of course), has some excellent voice talent, the characters are just easy to like, or even, love, and the animation is superb. I cannot wait to upgrade this one to Blu-ray and see it again (and again)!

I'll be totally honest and confirm to you that everything what they say about this movie is true. It's a brilliantly animated masterpiece with lots of humor that actually works and a plot that really brings tears to your eyes from time to time. The modern artists of Pixar never cease to amaze the audience in expanding their horizons. Finding Nemo is visually stunning and you can have nothing but respect for the people who created it.

I was more or less skeptic about watching it, because it was so overhyped ! Two days before it got released in my country, the TV and press loudly announced that the DVD broke all records in the USA during its first release-day. That's usually a sign of being typically mainstream and fake...but Finding Nemo is not. I'm allergic to fake sentiment and pathetic feel-good movies but I was really touched by this one. The moral and valuable life lessons are always present, but they're not shoved down your throat or thrown in your face all the time. This movie really relativates itself and that's important for a good comedy. And it's hilarious !!! Every side character in Finding Nemo (and there are a LOT of them) is exceptional and worth a mention. And the voices are cast perfectly as well...like the voice of Willem Dafoe for Gill, for example...a perfect choice. The character of Dory ( speaks through the voice of Ellen DeGeneres ) steals the show. She's an adorable blue fish who suffers from amnesia. She forgets what she's doing or going to every five minutes and that really leads to hilarious situations.

Movies like this aren't just being made for children exclusive... They're good for everyone to realize you have to entertain yourself from time to time and just to enjoy the little things in life. I recommend this to everyone in the world. No matter if you're 9 or 99 years old, Finding Nemo will bring a smile on your face and leave behind a warm feeling in your heart.

Finding Nemo is a work of sublime and perfect popular art. I could watch the movie on mute and feel every emotion just as strongly as I do with the dialogue and vocal performances in place. The animation is that detail oriented and precise. There is not a color wasted or a place where total commitment and artistic quality isn’t in place.

But unlike so many modern animated films, Finding Nemo does not confuse a dumbed down sense of pop culture ADHD for humor and heart. Instead, it builds up memorable characters, situations and pieces of dialogue and makes us care about them. I haven’t cared this much about animated marine life since I was two-years-old and watching The Little Mermaid for the first time.

By now the story should be known to everyone: Marlin, voiced to neurotic perfection by Albert Brooks, is an overprotective father to Nemo, a plucky and stubborn little fish. Nemo gets kidnapped by a dentist in hopes of becoming a future present for his niece, and Marlin goes on a heroic quest to save his son and return him to their beloved home. Along the way they meet all sorts of hilarious new friends, the most beloved and well-known being Dory, voiced by Ellen DeGeneres so adorably that she managed to resurrect her career. I love Dory as much as everyone else, but I also have a fond spot for Crush, Squirt and the crab that does kung-fu to the seagulls. It is to the writers, artists and directors of the entire Pixar staff that in practically every movie there is a brief character that does something funny that stays with me long after I have seen it. And I always look forward to that brief few seconds of their screen time each time I view the film.

Animation is unfairly written off as children's entertainment, but Pixar knows that a great piece of entertainment should hit at multiple ages and audiences. I love nearly every one of their films (I can’t stand Cars, but I know people who do). And the brilliant thing about their filmography is that everybody can have a different favorite. Finding Nemo isn’t my absolute favorite, but it ranks very high. I always want to sit as close to the screen as possible on as large a screen as possible and immerse myself completely in the undersea world they have created. It is just that beautiful.

Deep, dark and interesting. And no this is not sarcasm. How many animated movies do you know had fish with short-term memory loss, overprotective parents and death? I can think of one.