Another Winner

Rating: 7/10 (18 June 2016)

I saw "Finding Dory", starring the voices of Ellen DeGeneres-Pauly Shore is Dead, Coneheads; Albert Brooks-Concussion, Drive; Ed O'Neill-Modern Family_tv, The Bone Collector and Sigourney Weaver-Chappie, Avatar.
This is a sequel to the 2003 'Finding Nemo', which is 13 years later-if my math is correct-but the time period in this movie takes place only a year later. Ellen/Dory gets separated from her parents and runs into Albert/Marlin, who helps her in her quest to be reunited with them. If you recall from the previous movie, Ellen has a short term memory loss. Thankfully, she runs into lots of helpful friends, which seems to be the theme of the movie; Sometimes, you need friends. Ed/Hank is an octopus that becomes a friend and Sigourney plays the voice who is in charge of the Marine Life Institute-she is never actually shown as a character, only heard over the speaker systems. It's kind of like Seaworld where they have sea creatures on display for the public and they also will do rescue and release service for the fish and they will then release them back into the oceans-or to a zoo, if that is where they are needed. Before the movie, there was a 6 minute cartoon called 'Piper', about a baby sandpiper learning to hunt for food at the beach. Also, there is a scene after the end credits, at the very end of the movie, so try to keep your little ones seated until then, if you can-it should be easy enough since they show scenes all through the end credits. This is another hit for Pixar/Disney. It's rated "PG" for thematic elements and has a running time of 1 hour & 37 minutes. I really enjoyed this movie, as did everyone with me, and I would buy it on DVD.