Duuuudes, go see it!..

Rating: 10/10 (28 December 2003)

For a long time, I was (and still am) skeptical about Disney movies, whichever size and shape they come in. About 7 minutes into this one I was saying to myself, "The artwork is amazing, CG (*I'm a computer person, so I yearn for really cool, CPU-intensive CG*) is totally unrivaled, but the story line sucks so bad, why I am watching another Disney tear-squeezer??"
Well, looks like after 15 minutes of run time Pixar guys had a brief meeting and said, "Screw you, Disney, we are not letting you ruin another one!"
Please -- bear for exactly 15 minutes of the most syrupy kindergarten stuff (stunning visuals will help you, though you might feel guilty about watching this while wide awake, instead, say, shoveling the snow), and watch the 199% predictable slop explode into one of the most ironic, witty, and -- did I mention that? -- beautifully constructed CG cartoons of all time.
Did you like "Shrek"? Well, this is not exactly "Shrek" material, but still IMDB 10 grade. Just because IMDB gives you only 10 points to choose from. On a scale of 100, "Shrek" would be 100, and "Nemo" would pull about 92.
Just sit back, settle yourselves; I repeat, you'll need to watch the first 15 minutes to grasp the plot (though not necessarily, there's enough redundancy in the dialogs for the late-comers (or the denser crowd)), and enjoy -- really enjoy! -- the rest.
You will see a couple of scenes where the Disney managers came back and tried to ruin (sorry, save! of course, save from the hand of perverted Pixarians!) the movie, but these episodes were only mildly irritating and quickly dissolved themselves without overall damage to the spectacular, weird and funny world of talking, blinking, breathing, flirting fish.
Worth to watch. Most probably worth to own, if anything, just to watch your favorite little charming scenes again and again.
Enjoy, /D