Not as good as it should have been

Rating: 6/10 (3 June 2003)

This is not Monsters Inc. and, of course, not Shrek (by DreamWorks). Animation is excellent and leaves nothing to complain about, but the story is not that good. It feels very disjointed and fragmentary, you don't really feel the flow (despite it being set in the ocean). Often it is too predictable (I know, it's not a thriller, but still you can make it somewhat original and surprising sometimes) and during some moments even boring. There is not really much for adults in this film (like there was in Shrek), except for quite funny Memento-like Dora with her short-term memory loss, a couple forced semi-funny jokes, like "what's with men asking for direction" and supposedly funny "totally cool" turtle "dude".
I recommend renting it on DVD or cassette just to see the eye-candy (even a cam version would be enough) and that's all. It's not that special.