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With Finding Nemo, Pixar has proven, once again, that
children’s films can really be good. Finding Nemo,
though cute and child-friendly, is smart, clever, mature and extremely
well crafted. It’s quite clear that the filmmakers really
put time into making everything work instead of simply putting
up a cute character that kids will want to see regardless of anything
else.
It’s actually surprising Finding Nemo has managed
to create cute characters in the first place, considering we’re
dealing with fish – which are naturally about the least
cute things in the world. But Pixar managed a way to pull it off,
first of all with top-notch animation, but more significantly
by making the fish as human as possible.
The fish really are as colorful in humanity as they are on the
screen. Marlin (Albert Brooks) is a highly concerned father looking
for his lost son Nemo (Alexander Gould), a bright, playful, brave
young clown fish. Marlin is joined in his search by Dory (Ellen
DeGeneres), an upbeat and innocent fish with a short-term memory.
Along the way they encounter surfer type turtles, sharks who are
trying to mend their fish eating ways, and a whole ocean full
of different fish of different shapes, sizes, colors and personalities.
Finding Nemo is full to the brim with continuous humor,
fun adventure, and heartwarming solutions to problems as characters
constantly give of themselves to help each other out. From little
group therapy sessions to quips about the glass being half-full,
the film is constantly playing with self-help and life-affirming
messages and ideas in a humorous way. Beneath the highly enjoyable
swim through the warm, colorful ocean of Finding Nemo
is the warm, colorful humanity that truly becomes life-affirming.
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