Wonderful

Rating: 9/10 (28 May 2019)

Another original Pixar classic that will be enjoyed by families. The story's about a widowed Clownfish named Marlin(Albert Brooks) who struggles to let his son Nemo(Alexander Gould) grow up after a tragic accident that costs his wife and the rest of his kids. This causes him to be overprotective. While starting school for the first time a misunderstanding leads to Marlin and Nemo having an argument over something Nemo's accused of doing but doesn't. This leads to Nemo defying his father and getting being kidnapped afterwards. Panicked, the class flees while Marlin tries to chase after the boat his son's in where he literally bumps into another fish named Dory(Ellen Degeneres).
Dory offers her assistance and tags along with him but she proves to be more of a hindrance than a help due to the fact that the Regal Blue Tang suffers from short-term memory loss. Even so she provides most of the comic relief in the movie. On their quest they come across sharks, seat turtles and jellyfish. Meanwhile, Nemo finds himself in an aquarium in a dentist's office in Australia with other fish who also provide comic relief and are plotting to escape back into the wild. Leading the Tank Gang is a hardened Moorish Idol fish named Gill(William Dafoe). Slowly and slowly Nemo learns to appreciate his Dad as well as be more independent while Marlin learns to be more laid back and to "just keep swimming".
The animation's amazing. When the characters move it feels so natural and when you see the water it looks like actual water which's impressive. The story's been done before but as usual Pixar adds a twist to it. In this case it's told through the eyes of fish. The characters are interesting and likable. Marlin's a worry wart but at the same time you perfectly understand why and he means well. Dory could've been annoying but instead they develop her to be this ditsy yet complex character. For all her faults she really does try to help Marlin out. Nemo's nice to watch as well. He acts like a normal kid in that while he can be rebellious for the most part he just wants to do good and prove to his Dad that he can handle himself sometimes. He's not annoying he's just a kid. The music's enjoyable to listen to as well. It sounds epic which fits with the theme of exploration because that's what the characters do: Explore. I really like how they play Robbie Williams' cover of Bobby Darin's "Beyond the Sea" during the credits while the characters mess around. There's even a cameo of Mike from Monsters Inc.
Finding Nemo is an enjoyable family film that never gets old both in the animation and story. It's visually amazing, has great storytelling and characters and when the movie ends you'll be saying "Just keep swimming". I highly recommend you check this movie out.