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Summary: Finding Nemo - 4.5 / 5
Review: Another huge success for the folks over at Pixar, Finding Nemo is a delightful film that should be enoyable for everyone. If you've seen other Pixar movies, it won't surprise you to find that the humor can be enjoyed by viewers of all ages. Kids will love it, most teens not too worried about being cool will enjoy it, and any adult with children should find it entertaining as well. Another fantastic movie for the entire family.
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Summary: my grandbabies loved it!!!
Review: I visited my one year old twin grandbabies over the Christmas week and this was one of their presents I gave them. They love to sit on the floor in front of their big screen TV and watch movies. I think I loved watching "Finding Nemo" as much as they did. It was the most beautiful animated movie I have ever seen. I think Ellen DeGeneres outdid herself as the blue fish. Nemo and all his friends in the fish tank were wonderful, too. If you haven't seen it yet, do yourself a favor and watch it. I'm buying it for my DVD library now!!!!
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Summary: Who Doesn't Love Nemo?
Review: This ain't just a kids movie. I've known teenagers and adults who like the movie. All that work from Pixar. I heard it was hard making the water in that movie. But they did it anyway. You gotta give em credit. Even my mom likes the movie. She likes it so much, she says she's gonna see it many times over. And yes, I like it too. This still brings in "Toy Story"'s flavor.
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Summary: Great Movie!!!
Review: I really enjoyed this movie, right from the start. The animation was great and all the bright underwater scenes really put on a great setting. The story is easy to fallow for young children, but some parts are slow and could bore you easily. Some of the "jokes" werent that great either. I think they tried too hard to make this movie a comedy and it just turned out flat at some parts. Overall this movie was good though. It has more good qualities than bad, and of course I was overjoyed to get this on DVD.
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Summary: The Moose Hole - 'Finding' Pixar
Review: You can always count on a Pixar film to create loads of family fun as parents and children alike take some time off their busy schedules to enjoy another one of their features. They sure have a great record for it. They began with the surprise hit Toy Story, which started the long-standing trend of computer animated films. They followed with A Bug's Life in 1998, Toy Story 2 in 1999 and Monsters Inc. in 2001. Pixar outperforms each of their previous efforts which is very rare in the modern Hollywood scene. Now, after taking a year off, they take audiences to the ocean in Finding Nemo. But how well will the film do? This is the first time a Pixar film has been placed during the summer time (all previous efforts had been released in November) but this allows for more success with children finishing school. Another problem for the film is lack of voice talent. Monsters Inc. had the advantage of John Goodman and Billy Crystal in the leading roles but the voices for this film are less known. This doesn't matter to children but it can be for some adults. The question is whether Finding Nemo can continue Pixar's trend of success or will be the film be sunk by the competition?The story goes that Marlin, an orange and white striped clownfish, lives with his son Nemo, who has a "lucky" fin that is smaller then his other fin, in the ocean near Australia. Marlin is very cautious after the death of his wife and fears for the safety of his son. He fears so much that follows his son on a field-trip on his first day of school. Nemo, who seems embarrassed by his father's over-protective behavior, swims to a boat as dare to prove that he is not like his father. But this courage gets him in trouble as he is captured by a scuba-diver and taken away to a dentist's office in Australia. Marlin goes on a rapid search for his only son and along the way he meets a variety of colorful characters. Among those are Dory, a blue fish with short-term memory loss, Bruce, a shark who forms a club for vegetarian sharks, and Crush, a surfer talking turtle. Marlin will go to any length to find his son and bring him home even if it means facing his own fears head on. Like all previous films, Finding Nemo's story is far superior to most animated films though, it can be said, it is not totally perfect. Much like A Bug's Life, which was also directed by Andrew Stanton, the story tends to drag a bit in parts making it less consistent then Toy Story or Monsters Inc. As previously stated, the voice cast for Finding Nemo is less well-known then most Pixar films, which gives it another similarity toward A Bug's Life. Albert Brooks gives a perfect timid voice to the character Marlin. Brooks, who is also appearing in the In-Laws currently, deserves more attention for his role in this film then he is currently getting. He presents sarcastic humor at the right time with this characters as well as emotion which makes you feel for him as he struggles to find his son. Ellen DeGeneres is absolutely delightful as the forgetful Dory. The funniest moments in the film come from her characters especially the hilarious scene where she tries to speak whale. Some of the most thought provoking moments come from her character as well, which is ironic coming from a fish with short-term memory loss. Barry Humphries is perfectly cast as the voice of Bruce the shark. He gives a chilling voice-over that makes the character mysterious yet somewhat sympathetic. William Dafoe is wonderfully cast as Gill, who tries to help Nemo escape from the dentist's office fish-tank. Geoffrey Rush, who stars in Pirates of the Caribbean later this summer, is humorous as the pelican but most of his most funny scenes had been seen in the trailers. The director himself, Andrew Stanton, provides the voice of Crush the sea-turtle who speaks with a surfer accent. And Pixar regular, John Ratzenburg, is great as the school of fish that poke fun at Marlin and teach him to lighten up. Overall, Finding Nemo is another great film from the folks at Pixar but not their best work. The visuals are the best that have ever been seen in an animated film, that is for sure, but the story is not as hilarious as Monsters Inc. was or even Toy Story 2. The story also tends to drag a bit in parts which makes it quite inconsistent. Finding Nemo also seemed to have a lot more intense scenes then most films aimed toward children, which is better for the older crowd but is sure to frighten some children. Speaking of those frightening moments, it was quite disappointing that there weren't that scenes involving the sharks who become vegetarians. The scenes that were shown with them were mostly seen in the trailers and they do not reappear until the end of the film, which was somewhat confusing as to why they would appear at the end. But the spectacular visuals, the delightful characters and those Pixar tributes to famous films (including The Shining and Psycho) make this a must-see anyway. The messages expressed in Finding Nemo may feel a little tacky and too heart-warming but they work. Pixar films are the few films out there that actually have people on the verge of crying and teach them something about life. The best family film to date and looks to be for quite some time with lack-luster fare like Rugrats Go Wild and Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas cluttering the movie theater in the next month or so.
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Summary: Great animation and..err..great animation
Review: After all the great and mighty words that people have written and said about this , I had to finally give in and take a look myself. I have to say the production is probably the best I've ever seen for an animated film. The really annoying, cutesy characters just got on my nerves within the first ten minutes of the film. The movie just plodded on and got worse as it went on. To me, Finding Nemo is to G rated movies what Bad Santa is to R rated movies. In both cases, opiate for the masses- avoid, avoid, avoid. Two stars, completely going towards the top notch work by Pixar...
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Summary: Horrible
Review: This movie just grates on me. The casting was terrible, Ellen's voice makes my head want to explode, the turtle is a completely useless character and this movie is NOT FUNNY! There were a lot of movies made not long ago much better than this one such as Shrek, The Emperor's New Groove and Monster's Inc. Don't waste your money on this bad movie. Rent Shrek instead.
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Summary: A Family Classic
Review: Adults and Children alike will be sure to enjoy this newest family film from Pixar Entertainment. Following in the tradition of other great animated movies such as "Ice Age", "Monsters Inc.", and "Toy Story", "Finding Nemo" combines excellent animation and a fun storyline which will surely captivate any audience. The film starts out with Nemo (Alexander Gould) being taken to his first day of school by his father Marlin (Albert Brooks). Having never been out in the wide open areas of the ocean before, Nemo was coaxed out by his young friends. However, Nemo is soon scooped up by a diver and placed aboard a boat. Marlin, having discovered that Nemo is missing, begins a frantic search for his son. Along the way, Marlin meets Dory (Ellen DeGeneres), a blue Tang fish, and an instant bond develops between them. Dory agrees to help Marlin find Nemo. Their adventure leads them to the far reaches of the ocean, and many interesting encounters occur, including meeting a group of sharks who have vowed to stop eating fish, a group of jellyfish, being trapped inside a blue whale, and meeting a group of sea turtles. Meanwhile, Nemo has been placed inside the aquarium of a dentist in Sydney, Australia. Nemo is befriended by Gill (Willem Dafoe), who hatches a plan for Nemo's escape. Will the plan work? Will Marlin reach Nemo before its too late? My children and I have grown to love the Pixar animated films, and "Nemo" keeps up the fine tradition of earlier movies from this company. The animation is terrific and the voices of Brooks, DeGeneres, Gould, and Dafoe bring the characters to life. This movie also teaches the important idea of family bonding and going to any lengths possible to save a loved one. I highly recommend this movie. It is sure to become a classic.
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Summary: For me did not match up to.....
Review: For me the movie did not match up to monsters inc. in terms of overall content. I think it is visually amazing. However, the dialog and overall plot of the film was not as entertaining. The first time my 2 year old watched it she became frightened by the sharks and the fish with the "light" that attempted to attack nemo's dad and dory. She requested that we turn it off. You may want to wait a little later to introduce this film.
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Summary: Finding Nemo some funny parts
Review: This is a cute film, the animation is superb and the character of Dory is extremely clever.
However in comparison to both the Toy Story films and even Monsters Inc I found this tale slow and only funny in spurts. The turtles were cute but nothing amazing or all that clever, we've all seen the surfer dude character before. The fact that they were sea turtles was amusing at first but got old pretty fast. The sea gulls were a highlight..Mine Mine mine! LOL
The 12 step sharks were funny but a little lacking, and I wasn't offended by the American remark, I've heard pleanty of Americans make disparaging remarks about other cultures. And since this is an American film its nice to see us laughing at ourselves.
Dory was fabulous, Ellen Degeneres was wonderful and the documentary on the DVD with Jaques Cousteau's son was hysterical!
I just wish Pixar could be more consistant; as it stands right now IMHO, only the Toy Story films and to some extent Monsters Inc are truly worth all the hype and praise heaped on them.
Nemo, like a Bugs life had some extremely slow parts where the humor either just fell flat or the plot just didn't work. Much of the fish tank scenes left me cold.....ah well it was not horrible. But I would recomend Lilo and Stitch above this film as far as story and humor goes.
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