fishy

Rating: 3/10 (13 June 2003)

The critics are gaga over this, but neither myself nor my 6 year old were. I was disturbed by how Marlin was ridiculed for being (understandably) over-protective. While the "can do" attitude toward his handicap is heartening, Nemo remains the same brat he was when he put the story into motion. "Nemo" struck me as anti-family (strange to say about a "family picture") in how the parent was the one was expected to grow up, not the child.
It had some scary moments. The "whale talking" got old real fast. But, the anti-American jab (which got the biggest laugh) was outrageous. Hollywood hates Bush so much, it has to shoehorn its politics into the one place where it doesn't belong! Here's a weird idea: how about letting children have a childhood, and save the Bush-is-Hitler stuff for the grown ups?