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Summary: The Coolest Movie I have Ever Seen.
Review: YOU MUST SEE THIS MOVIE.There. Now that I've said that, I should tell you that this is NOT solely a childrens' movie, but will be enjoyed as much (if not more) by adults. The cleverness of Pixar will never cease to amaze me. Only they could take a concept like a full-length movie about fish and make it totally believable. This film succeeds n being very, very funny. Heck, I'm 16 and saw it in the theater with only my mother. The two of us were laughing hysterically throughout the entire thing! There's alot of sadness and emotion in this movie and some absolutely terrific voice acting--the voice cast is top-notch. There are some touching moments and subtle messages to be heard by all, not just kids. I look forward with anticipation to the DVD release of this wonderful movie. The suspense never lets up; encounters with jellyfish, a whale, and a deep-sea lanturn fish make every moment exciting. As we know, every Disney/Pixar film is associated with its own special "short." Well, this one is the best yet, and the short film sets you up for the great feelings you'll have while seeing "Finding Nemo." I won't give away the storyline, but it involves a cute snowman, a water globe, and some tropical souvenirs that completely ready one for the overwhelming tropical-ness of the feature film. One thing I can't get over is how true-to-life these characters are. The attention to finding a unique species for each fish is incredible and adds a whole new, educational, dimension to the movie. There are some memorable characters in "Finding Nemo." First and foremost is Marlin, the lovable clownfish who is an overprotective father to his adventurous son, Nemo. Then there's Dory, the regal blue tang with the memory problem. She provides much of the comic relief but is also an immensely "real" character. Bruce is a mako shark who wants to get rid of the typical image of sharks as mindless eating machines. Crush is a 150-year-old sea turtle with a cool-surfer-dude attitude. Nigel is a helpful pelican. The whole thing takes place in the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia. And then there are the aquarium fish, who invite Nemo into their 'club' when he gets scooped from the sea. He goes through the initiation ceremony at Mt. Wannahockaloogee, complete with tiki statues and all. The animation is awesome. Their group includes Peach, the lookout starfish; Deb, a delusional fish who thinks her reflection is her sister; a French shrimp, a puffer fish, a yellow tang, and a royal gramma. They are led by Gill, a moorish idol who longs to return to the ocean. This film is excellent; it deserves a sequel... Overall this is one film that nobody should miss--parents, kids, or otherwise. I hope this review has convinced you to go get yourself a ticket to "Finding Nemo."
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Summary: Great movie, but should have been PG
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed "Finding Nemo" and plan to add it to our DVD collection. It goes without saying, though, that if "Ice Age" received a PG rating for what they term "mild peril", than "FN", with much scarier and sad material, should have been as well. But, I digress... Marlin (Albert Brooks) is a clown fish who has just found a new home with his wife Coral (Elizabeth Perkins) and their 400+ eggs. When a huge shark-like fish threatens the eggs' safety, Mama goes after them and ends up getting eaten in the process, along with every egg save one, which of course, ends up being Nemo. As Nemo grows, his right fin is "underdeveloped"- this, along with the traumatic experience of losing almost everyone he loved, makes Marlin over protective of Nemo. He even tries to convince Nemo to wait 5 more years to attend school. Nemo is sick of being gagged by Marlin's apron strings, and dares to swim into the open water. Here, divers snatch Nemo and drag him off, leaving Marlin to freak out and lose sight of the boat and his son. Up to this point, there'd been mainly high emotion and drama- when my 5 year old daughter looked up at me with huge eyes, greasy fist full of popcorn and said, "Oh no- not Nemo too!", to borrow a phrase from my Gran, I felt like "a penny waiting for change". I began to doubt my parental film choosing judgement. However, things soon picked up in the comedy department when child-like Dory (Ellen DeGeneres) bumps into Marlin and offers to help him find Nemo. Together, they endure sharks going through 12 step programs and interventions to "stop eating fish", more fish with huge, sharp teeth eager to eat them, jellyfish, and a ride on the EAC (Eastern Australian Current). Meanwhile, we find out that the diver that took Nemo is a dentist in Sydney who plans to give Nemo to his hellacious rotter niece Darla. All the fish in the tank plot to help Nemo escape. And it is here that Nemo learns to overcome his "disability" with the aid of another irregularly finned fish (Willem DeFoe). This movie has a lot of serious moments, but the huge laughs in between make it worth while. Voice talents include Vicki Lewis ("News Radio"), Stephen Root, Geoffrey Rush ("Shine", "Shakespeare in Love"), Allison Janney ("The West Wing")and Bill Hunter ("Muriel's Wedding", "Strictly Ballroom", "Priscilla: Queen of the Desert"). I recommend this film to families- just be aware that there may be a few scenes that are scarier for kids 6 and under.
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Summary: What an odd (but enjoyable) movie!
Review: This movie was definitely an adventure into the unordinary. Pixar did a good job of creating a unique storyline in a brand new setting. When was the last time you saw a good fish movie? I'm not going to bore you with the full story, but I will say that if you want to see a "clean" children's movie that has lovable and interesting characters, you will like this movie. Our six and eight year old children absolutely loved it--especially the turtle dude! Our 2-1/2 year old was occasionally bored, but that's to be expected in a non-musical movie. Children may leave this movie loving their parents a little more, but the parents may be the ones to leave with an important lesson learned. Don't be afraid to go out and see a good movie with your kids! You WILL survive and you might really enjoy it!
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: I took 4 kids who are five- to six-year olds to this movie today (opening day.) You've probably already read about the baracuda eating Nemo's mom and all his siblings in the first 15 minutes of the movie. I can't say that was as disturbing to the kids as it was to me - they were all confused as to what was going on and didn't get it. However, there is one shock after another in this film. From the sharks to the dentist performing root canal work, to the sadistic little girl that Nemo is to be given to, none of the kids in my group liked the film. I think Disney tried to hard to make an action-packed film and forgot that there can be action without the fear factor (think Toy Story 2) The two stars I gave it are for the graphics -- superior as usual, and Ellen DeGeneres' portrayl of Dorrie, the forgetful fish who helps Nemo's dad find him.
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Summary: Finding Nemo - Letting Go Slowly
Review: Finding Nemo was a great movie! It starts out a little scary perhaps for the really little ones, but once it gets going, the personalities of each character each take over. The story of how fearful Nemo's father is of letting anything happen to him, prevents ANYthing happening to Nemo, so he rebels, and get's separated from his father. The lesson of letting go is loud and clear.
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Summary: Nemo is my Hero
Review: Outstanding! Our viewing party was 4 people, ages 19-35, two women, two men and we all thought it was from pretty good to fantastic. We each found different aspects to enjoy. Too often fish are portrayed as just a generic fish. As an aquarist, I appreciated the effort Pixar put into preserving the actual behaviors, interactions, swimming motions and habitats of each individual type of fish. In this film, the characters are quite anthropomorphic, but without detracting from their basic nature. The themes of accepting and trusting others against your gut feeling and many different types of "people" cooperating to attain a common goal are lessons everyone can take home. The distruction humans wreck on the ocean are so lightly touched on, most may not even pick up on it. I would have liked to see it expressed more strongly considering we need to open the eyes of younger generations, but then again, this isn't a documentary. We were all blown away by the animation. They have raised the bar again. Take a good look at the movie poster. The detail in the glow of the shark's teeth, the pores of the skin around the corners of his mouth, the reflection of light through the water shown on his head and in the background and the cute freckles across the bridge of Dory's (the blue tang) nose are amazing. Then wait until you see the movie! Between the basic plot, the underlying themes, the animation, and being able to empathize with the character's situations, this is one great movie package.
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Summary: How I Found Finding Nemo
Review: If you can get past the first 10 minutes of Pixar's latest, you'll get a movie that is on par with their four other feature films. Finding Nemo turns out to be a big, adventure film with a lot of laughs and a heart that is barely on the good side of manipulation. Once the adventure starts, the emersion into the film begins and doesn't let you go. The movie plays up on over-protective parents, kids overcoming their disabilities, friendships conquering obstacles, addicts joining together to be better people (uh, fish), building self-esteem, realizing and accepting strengths and curmudgeons learning to lighten up. All this in an animated, family-oriented, 'G' movie? You bet! Pixar are the masters at the making everyone happy film. They give the parents being dragged into the theater something to enjoy as well. If only they had done something with that beginning. The films opens in a fish suburbia complete with happy families, beautiful homes and a peaceful way of life all with no hint of sardonic humor. Yes, there are people who think that is heaven, but what about those who make fun it? At least give them something to chuckle about. It's Utopia for the Family Values set and completely out of character for Pixar. It's at this point I thought they had finally produced their first sub-standard film. That is until a barracuda changes the main characters lives forever and Albert Brooks goes into, well, Albert Brooks mode. Marlin (Albert Brooks) has a son, Nemo, who has an underdeveloped fin and therefore can't swim well. This combined with the catastrophe at the beginning of the film causes Marlin to smother Nemo. Nemo, finally fed up, rebels, ends up being caught by a diver and spirited away. Marlin sets out after Nemo and that's when the film finally picks up with some adventure and some laughs. And when that laugh level is revved up, it's supplied by the scene-stealing Ellen DeGeneres as a blue tang named Dory. Dory is basically an idiot savant. She has a severe short-term memory loss problem. Now fish are believed to have no short-term memory so the jokes on the surface play on this; however, in a scene where Dory is faced with being alone without friends again, you wonder if it's a form of denial. She says in the scene that she doesn't want to forget anymore and that having Marlin around helps her remember because he is the only one that has stuck by her. Does she really have this problem or is it that she is so disappointed with no one understanding her that she hides everything? The scene is multi-layered and heart wrenching. Ellen plays it surprisingly well as if she identifies with what Dory is going through. That's what makes the scene work so well. Many of us have gone through the same thing and know how she feels. There are many, many memorable scenes in the film as Marlin attempts to find Nemo who is now in a fish tank in a dentist office. One of the scenes is supplied in a superb performance by William Dafoe as Gill, an angelfish in the tank with Nemo who is from the ocean (not a pet store) and dreams of escaping and taking his new friends with him. He devises a scheme to get them out that is hair-brained and daring, but with one little plot hole that the film plays up to hilarious effect at the end. Another great scene is with a trio of sharks that have sworn off fish in the most unlikely AA meeting imaginable. Their motto: "Fish are our friends and not food!" Finding Nemo is grand and exciting adventure that once it gets beyond it's slow opening turns into exactly what you expect from the masterminds at Pixar. A film that is imaginative and visually stunning with big adventures for everyone no matter how old they are on the outside.
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Summary: GREAT MOVIE FOR KIDS
Review: The Academy Award®-winning creators of TOY STORY, A BUG'S LIFE, and MONSTERS, INC. dive into a whole new world with this underwater adventure. The film follows the comedic and eventful journeys of two fish - Marlin and his son Nemo - who become separated in the Great Barrier Reef when Nemo is unexpectedly taken far from home and thrust into a fish tank in a dentist's office overlooking Sydney harbor. Buoyed by the companionship of a friendly-but-forgetful fish named Dory, the overly cautious father embarks on a dangerous trek and finds himself the unlikely hero of an epic journey to rescue his son - who hatches a few daring plans of his own to return safely home. This I is a good movie for the kids, it has some funny moments and it looks good on a big screen
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Summary: Another Pixar movie!
Review: Although this movie did not come out into theaters yet, it is created by Pixar! I am a fan of Pixars 4 animated movies since 1995! Seeing the theatrical trailer for this movie i think that this will be one of the greatest animated movie since Monsters Inc. I gave it five stars because I enjoyed the trailer and the detail of the animation.
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Summary: Gimme some fin...nogin...Dude!!!
Review: Finding Nemo is one of the best family films I've ever seen. It's hilarious and the characters are ones you won't forget,especially Dorey. It's a movie that anyone could watch. It's an all-around awesome film.
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