An extraordinary sequel that manages to be just as good as it's predecessor

Rating: 9/10 (21 July 2016)

"Finding Dory" is a 2016 animated film directed by Andrew Stanton and stars Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Ed O'Neil, Ty Burrell, and Kaitlin Olsen. it's a sequel to 2003's "Finding Nemo", and it tells the tale of a fish with short term memory named Dory (who was one of the main characters of the first film) as she one day remembers her parents and decides to go find them while bringing marlin and nemo (the main characters of the first film) to help her find them while meeting new memorable characters as well.
This movie is a great movie. it shows how much effort can be put into a sequel to a movie that was just simply amazing. all the effort pays off to show us a heartfelt film that manages to capture the humor and beauty of the first.
the story is a good story, and while it copies the first film in terms of a journey, the all around theme is very original. while I will not spoil the message I will say it's a serious topic to carry a plot and it works here.
the animation soars here and you can see how much PIXAR has stepped up their game with their craft and it shows. everything looks perfect to the character animation from the way the characters move and how the ocean looks in it's best. it's incredible to look at and beyond amazing and it brings out the best of PIXAR's craft.
the characters here are just as memorable as they are in the first film. we have dory the main character of the film and she has to be the most developed character in the entire film as we see her backstory in this movie such as how she spoke whale, to where she learned the song, "just keep swimming". it's an interesting and sometimes sad look at her disability in the movie, that being she has short term memory loss. we have other characters as well: a septopus named hank who is a grumpy octopus that helps dory try to find her family, a whale shark named Destiny who can't see very well and has trouble swimming, a beluga whale named bailey who can use echolocation to see things from far away, and two sea lions named Fluke and Rudder who sit on a rock and rest away. all these new characters are memorable as they are funny, since they are provided voices from a good cast. they shine here and they make this movie.
while it can copy certain elements from the first film it does it in a way that is spectacular and it is a great example of how a sequel can be just as amazing as it's predecessor. it's a great film and people who love the first film should go check it out.