"Don't worry, all drains lead to the ocean."

Rating: 8/10 (19 January 2014)

When I was a kid my circle of friends included a guy we nicknamed Nemo because his last name (he was Polish) had an abundance of c's and z's in it that made pronunciation impossible. That really doesn't have anything to do with the movie, but until "Finding Nemo" came along, I had never given my friend Nemo's nickname a second thought.
I have to say, the picture was pretty clever with it's characters and dialog. When little Nemo wound up in Australia I was asking myself how the writers were going to pull off the long shot of having father Marlin track him down and get him back to the ocean. They actually did it in a way that seemed believable enough even though you have to stretch your sensibilities. You could say the same about some serious dramas that are being made today.
This one is tailor made for kids young and old and it's message of persevering against all odds is a valuable one. There's also some slick inside jokes if you're quick enough to keep up the pace; the summit of Mount Wannahockaloogie still has me cracking up.