While it May not have the Same Sense of Adventure, the Heart is Still Strong,

Rating: 9/10 (8 August 2016)

Finding Doey is a terrific movie with a well developed plot and a stellar voice cast. It was the correct choice for a sequel, as we follow Dory, who takes the spotlight in this film, struggling to remember her family in order to retrieve them. She was a highlight of Finding Nemo, despite the fact she was underdeveloped, so giving her the lead role was a wise choice from Pixar as it gave her character time to expand.
I was disappointed by the lack of adventure in this film, in Nemo they travel across the whole ocean and it is quite thrilling, not so much with Dory, as it all takes place in a Marine Life Institute, it made me feel confined to this space. I felt the story should have been stretched out further.
As well as that, many characters from the original do not appear. Dory, Marlin and Nemo are present, of course, but there are several other characters, such as Bruce the Shark, Nigel and Squirt, who do not appear which let me down as I would love to have seen how they were. Even Crush only appears briefly and feels thrown in.
The voice cast is one of the films highlight, Ellen DeGeneres and Albert Brooks are still in great form in their famous roles. They are joined by an excellent new cast that includes Ed O'Neill as a sarcastic octopus, Kaitlin Olson as an optimistic whale, Ty Burrell as a pessimistic beluga, Idris Elba as a lazy seal, not to mention Eugene Levy and Diane Keaton as Dory's parents. Sweet, funny and beautifully animated, the biggest downfall of Finding Dory is that Finding Nemo must be compared to it, it's a great ride, a mostly pleasing sequel and I would recommend it to anyone looking for a good family film.
Dory seeks Marlin and Nemo's help to find her parents, who she lost a long time ago as a result of her short term memory.