Finding Nemo

Rating: 9/10 (14 July 2005)

The very first computer animated film made, and by Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar was Toy Story, and since then we've had A Big's Life, Dinosaur, Toy Story 2 and Monsters, Inc. This was one of the most successful Disney films at the cinema to date. It is the underwater story of a young clown fish named Nemo (Alexander Gould) taken by divers and put into a tank. The idea is obviously his Dad, Marlin (Albert Brooks), and new friend Dory (Ellen DeGeneres), who has short-term memory loss, are "finding" him. Meanwhile, Nemo along with new friends including fishes Gill (Willem Dafoe), Bloat (Brad Garrett), Peach (Allison Janney), Gurgle (Austin Pendleton), Bubbles (Stephen Root), Deb/Flo (Vicki Lewis), Jacques (Joe Ranft) and pelican Nigel (Geoffrey Rush) are trying to escape. Along the journey Marland and Dory encounter three sharks, including Bruce (Barry Humphries, aka Dame Edna Everage) (named after the rubber Shark in the Jaws series), stinging jellyfish, turtles in a current tunnel, including "dude" Crush (Andrew Stanton) and much more, but he finds him eventually, and everything's fine. Also starring Big's Elizabeth Perkins as Coral, Nicholas Bird as Squirt, Bob Peterson as Mr. Ray, Eric Bana as Anchor and Toy Story's John Ratzenberger as Fish School. It won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature, and it was nominated for Best Music for Thomas Newman, Best Sound Editing and Best Writing, Original Screenplay, it was nominated the BAFTA for Best Original Screenplay, and it was nominated the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy. It was number 13 on The 100 Greatest Family Films, it was number 56 on The Ultimate Film, and it was number 14 on The 100 Greatest Cartoons. Very good!