As someone who thought that Monsters Inc. lacked any kind of humor at all I didn’t know what to expect from the latest Pixar development with Finding Nemo. Although the trailers look great and the animation absolutely flawless there was a small seed of doubt still in my brain, which was soon ignored.
Finding Nemo is probably the sleeper of 2003 that was lost amongst the release of The Matrix Reloaded the week prior, but will most likely flourish as children will be dragging their parents to the theaters over and over again to watch the almost lifelike fish scatter across the screen in a sea of brilliant colors.
Finding Nemo follows Marlin (voiced by Albert Brooks), an overprotective clown fish father, as he desperately searches the sea for his missing son, Nemo (Alexander Gould). Marlin’s journey leads him beyond the Great Barrier Reef into deeper and darker waters, where he meets Dory (Ellen DeGeneres), a forgetful yet optimistic blue tang, and a number of not-so-friendly–and often very hungry–aquatic creatures. Meanwhile, little Nemo finds himself in a dentist’s fish tank in Sydney, Australia, along with other underwater captives, including Gill (Willem Dafoe), the group’s scarred Moorish idol leader. As Nemo works with his new friends on a plan to escape their tank, Marlin and Dory swim closer, but they’ll need more than just fins to get into the dentist’s office.
There is no shortage of comical scenes to be found throughout Nemo’s journey from the vegetarian sharks, the brainless Dory, a sea turtle well versed in the surfer’s lingo, and the seagulls constant chant of “Mine! Mine!” as they see anything slightly edible in view.
This movie will not only rise to the top at the box office you can also expect a mad rush to the DVD section once it is released. I haven’t got the release date yet but don’t be surprised to see it this Christmas 2003.
