Review 29: Finding Nemo
After losing his wife to a Barracuda, Marlin (Albert Brooks) a Clownfish becomes overly protective of his son Nemo (Alexander Gould). On Nemos first day at school Nemo is abducted by divers and ends up in a fish tank in a dentist office in Sydney, Australia. Marlin along with a tang fish with memory loss called Dory (Ellen DeGeneres) goes out to find him, along the way, while battling sharks, an Anglerfish as well as reciving help from sea turtles and a wale, Marlin learns to take risks and to let Nemo take care of himself.
The plot is a work of genius, its so inventive and plays with all different kinds of fish and does an excellent job at portraying a father/son relationship which I found very touching and I adore the premise: Fish get fished out of the ocean every day and I suppose their parents try to find them but possibly never will in real life.
Director Andrew Stanton's animation direction is beautiful, the animation is gorgeous and beautifully crafts its settings, they actually created what a world would be like under the sea and could teach children a lot about the ocean. I also think it would look brilliant in 3-D, the scenery is breathtaking, the score by Thomas Newman is wonderful, the editing is brilliant, the production design is excellent, the character design is memorable, there are some great action set pieces, the sound effects are terrific, the sound mixing is marvelous, the intensity keeps knotching up, the humor is hilarious and the ending was superb.
The voice cast is excellent, Albert Brooks bought a lot of depth to his character, Ellen DeGeneres is tremendously funny as his companion Dory, Alexander Gould is very likeable as Nemo, Brad Garrett, Allison Janney, Austin Pendleton, Stephen Root, Vicki Lewis and Joe Ranft are all hilarious as the fish in the tank that help in planning Nemo's escape and Willem Dafoe is a wise master.
Finding Nemo is a classic animated film and a treat for families, 5/5.
The Anonymous Critic.
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