I loved it.

Rating: Null/10 (4 June 2003)

It was a very enjoyable experience. Lots of layers for all ages. Visually stunning.
Pixar has made many break throughs with each movie, with each having a quantum leap in something. The realistic water in Nemo is not quite as noticable as the leap of the fluffy/whispy fur in Monsters, but a big leap non the less.
I loved all the nice inside jokes and homages. I kept expecting a "Great Escape" homage with Gill, perhaps having his gimpy fin look like a ball glove or such, but I suppose some would have pointed out that Chicken Run already did it. I did think that Gill's scar looked a lot like the facial scar in Platoon (problem being it was Tom Berenger's character that had the scar not Defoe's), but then again I might have been looking for way too inside jokes (how about a West Wing hint with the Star fish).

I just about wet myself when she started trying to speak Whaaaallllle. I would have killed to have seen Ellen's face for real as she recorded those bits.