Pixar Finding Sequel Form

Rating: 8/10 (17 August 2016)

It's with great pleasure and relief that I'm pleased to report I very much enjoyed Finding Dory.
Pixar in recent years have gone back to their hugely successful films seeing sequels to the likes of Cars and Monsters Inc, but unlike those sequels the end product of Finding Dory is a property certainly worth revisiting and was a huge relief to me, yes it can't live up to Finding Nemo, but then again how many animated films can? But what it can do is stand on its own two feet and still be a very entertaining animated feature that really when you look at this years animated films is pretty much head and shoulders above what has been this year, although I'm sure in the coming month or so Kubo and the Two Strings may up the ante in the quality animation stakes.
So what does the film get right? Firstly I'm glad they didn't try to go bigger with the story/plot, they didn't try to travail the ocean yet again because we would of just been retreading old ground (or should that be old ocean?) instead they use that kind of plot just on a smaller and possibly more intimate way.
The plot focuses on Dory trying to find her parents who of course she has forgotten the location of, in doing so we end up at a sea life rescue centre/park where of we meet an array of new characters who each have very positive effects on the film.
The voice work is just another level when it comes to Pixar and this film is no different with Ellen DeGeneres on blistering form as the amnesiac Dory and Pixar have done it again when it comes to casting children in their films because in the flashback scenes where we see Dory as a child they cast seven-year-old Sloane Murray the daughter of this films producer Lindsey Collins and an astonishing unforgettable baby Dory will never be gone from your memory, just superb work.
Also like I said earlier the supporting character all have entertaining moments, my particular favourites were a Beluga Whale played by Ty Burrell, a couple of sea lions played by Idris Elba and Dominic West therefore making it a mini Wire reunion, but special mention has to go to Sigourney Weaver who plays...well herself as the park/aquarium intercom announcer, it was funny every single time.
It kind of doesn't even need saying but the quality of the animation is outstanding and breathtaking at times, a little mention on this does need to go to the short film Piper that played before the main feature which featured animation that if you were to blink you may struggle to determine whether it was animation or actual footage, phenomenal.
Yes it can't compare to Finding Nemo for absolute 10/10 high end quality but its an unfortunate comparison it does have to live with.
But overall it was funny, it was heartwarming and briefly it was gut-wrenching, it never overstays its welcome and you are entertained from beginning to end, I mean what more can you want from a film?
It's definitely Pixar finding sequel form just at the right moment in time with upcoming project sequels to the likes of Toy Story and The Incredibles to come in the next three years.
It is Pixar doing the business.