Not bad for a CGI motion picture

Rating: 7/10 (3 September 2008)

I am really not big on CGI productions because what I really like are the old cartoons drawn by hand. However, "Finding Nemo" isn't such bad for a CGI production. It isn't "Cars", but it's a little better than "Toy Story" for example, and much better than movies like "Shrek", "Madagascar" and so on...
"Finding Nemo" is technically very acceptable. It has great graphics which make the whole scenario look so real and so natural. The story is clever and the movie has lots of dangerous adventures lived by a clownfish and a funny regal tang with memory problems. However, although the graphics are in general good thanks to its quality sceneries and well-designed various fish species, the human characters are awfully designed, especially that horrible little girl who looks like the annoying Sid from "Toy Story".
Aside the movie's faults, generally speaking the movie is okay, entertaining enough and offers fun for everyone who's watching it. The movie has some quite funny gags, such as whenever a character says something like «He's a clownfish, but he's not funny at all». Another good joke is when Marlin is trying to tell a joke to the sharks and, while he's making a fool out of himself, he suddenly yells «Nemo!!!». Bruce (the shark) is a funny and interesting character. Bruce is a very humorous shark and he's got a funny way to invite the fishes for a dinner with his other two friends sharks. After all, «fishes are their friends».
Oh, by the way, I think it's very good that for once a movie includes a blue whale, which is a very forgotten animal in animated films. It is the biggest animal on Earth and it sure is a fantastic creature.
Overall, one of Pixar's best films (although not a tremendous film for me) and better than the overvalued and overrated "Toy Story".