Pixar plumbs new depths of excellence !

Rating: 10/10 (9 October 2003)

Ofen reality never lives up to hype and expectation but Finding Nemo delivers in every respect. After Bugs Life, I doubted that animation could improve much and while Monsters Inc made hairs seem interesting, Nemo seems to move the goal posts so far away, I think it will be a long time before it is matched. The story is strong, the voice characterisations are just perfect with Ellen DeGeneres standing out as the Oscar winning performance and the underwater animation is simply breathtaking. I would defy anyone not to get something from this film and if ever computers needed justification for their existence, this one film provides just that. I guess one day, Pixar may produce a lemon, but on the basis of their track record so far, even a Pixar lemon will by sharper than anything else out there.