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,
During Marlin and Dory's misadventures, they encounter a trio of sharks including their leader Bruce (Barry Humphries) and his two lackeys Anchor (Eric Bana) and Chum (Bruce Spence)
While inside the fish tank, Nemo meets a goofy gang of tropical fish including blowfish Bloat (Brad Garrett), pink Starfish Peach (Allison Janney), OCD germaphobic royal gramma Gurgle (Austin Pendleton), absent minded yellow tang Bubble (Stephen Root), blue-and-white striped damselfish Deb (Vicki Lewis), a French cleaner shrimp named Jacques (Joe Ranft) and their leader Gill (Willem Dafoe). like Nemo, Gill comes from the ocean so he can empathise with his plight to get back to his father.
All hilarious and each of them gets a chance to shine and play a role in help in planning Nemo's escape
Finding Nemo is a classic animated film and a treat for families, 5/5.
The Anonymous Critic.
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