One of the Most Quotable Movies Ever

Rating: 10/10 (5 December 2003)

-Mine? -Mine? -Mine?
Honestly, who hasn't heard around quotes from this movie. It's cute, it's visually impressing, and it has a plot that, in its basics, has been done dozens of times before. So why is this now one of my "Top 10" movies ever? I myself find it hard to explain it.
I'm not much of a Disney fan. I loved "Dumbo" as a child. I found "Beauty and the Beast" endearing and smart. I enjoyed Pixar's "Toy Story" and even more "Toy Story 2". And that was it. But "Finding Nemo" is more.
Finding Nemo is, to put it in simple terms, a beautiful movie.
Everything works to perfection: the scenes, the music, the colours, the voices, the relationships between characters, and oh those quotes! Who could beat "I'll call him Squishy, and he shall be mine, and he shall be my Squishy"? It's funny and at the same time tender.
I found myself caring more about Marlin, Dory, Gill, Nemo and Nigel than I've done by almost any other character -real or animated- this year. The script is flawless: "It's there, I know it is, because when I look at you, I can feel it. And... and I look at you, and I... and I am home! Please... I don't want that to go away." Honestly, what movie this year has had something like that?
Disney has a reputation for pushing the "easy" sentimentality buttons of people back in the 50s and 60s. It did work. We have become a lot more cynical as a people in the 90s and now. But Nemo manages to push our "hard" sentimentality buttons. I love it not just because it's funny and pretty to look at, but because it made me care. It created a world far, far away from our cynicism and for some minutes that magic I felt as a child came back.
Yes, Nemo deserves to be in my Top 10 ever. Thank you, Pixar.