Pretty decent plot;very creative,but rather flat animation.

Rating: 7/10 (7 October 2004)

Overall, I liked the movie. I thought the plot was decent, and the movie contained a lot of creative ideas and concepts. That being said, I felt the animation was rather flat. I would have expected more from Dreamworks. Most of the time it was hard to tell that the scenes were taking place under water, with the regard to the lack of depth in color and special effects. I liked the characters in the movie and thought their respective personalities were well written. I think kids will get into it, particularly with all of the pop culture references throughout the movie; however, at the end of the movie, I couldn't help thinking it was definitely not Nemo. Or Shrek. Or Shrek 2. It's a fun movie, but with all of the talent behind the characters, you would think they could have put more into the animation.