The moral behind Finding Nemo is that two fish go on an adventure only to find a whole new world that has been closed by their eyes. In 2003, we audiences also went on an adventure to a whole new world where animation films would change forever. We went to a world where Finding Nemo became the pinnacle of brilliance. Pixar films such as WALL.E or Up are visually stunning and spend a great deal of time on its attention to detail. That said, that Pixar craze began with Finding Nemo which creates a beautiful world that is clearly well thought off and provides extreme attention to detail. Not only is it the attention to detail, but the film does not ever get carried away with the attention to detail and get lost in the story. Finding Nemo follows the story of two clownfish named Nemo and Marlin, who since the loss of his wife has been an overprotective father to Nemo. On the opening day of school, Nemo defies his father's rules when he grows sick of his father's overprotective and oversensitive behaviour and decides to prove to his father that he can indeed swim but on the way back, gets captured by divers and is taken!
Pixar have always had a strange taste in films. Despite being intended for children, Pixar makes it a film for all ages and is able to carefully craft in emotion with humor. A lot of the film is spent based around the relationship of Marlin and Nemo and as the film progresses, Marlin's ability to save his son often comes to a lowest point. The core of this film is indeed the relationship between Marlin and Nemo, which is portrayed excellently in this film. It is quite the Sully-Boo relationship from Monsters, Inc and that is, putting aside all the differences, the two must learn to get along with each other and overlook each other's flaws. It is such a classic father-son story.
Normally, each of these Pixar films has a comedic character. One that stands out, and yes, Finding Nemo does have its standout character: Dory! We now have an official confirmation for a 2015 sequel, Finding Dory, which indicates how much love there is for the character. One thing I find truly amusing is how Dory isn't a Jar Jar Binks in the fact that for quite a lot of the film, she doesn't serve too much purpose but is instead the bumbling, forgetful fish who suffers from short term memory loss! "You've gotta be kiddin' me!" as said by Marlin perfectly sum up her character but honestly, that is what makes her so lovable. Her comedic delivery is done extremely well, with many of Dory's lines now been iconic! The fact that the director can make a character like Dory work clearly indicates how amazingly well this film is directed! Not only that, but it proves that Finding Nemo is yet another Pixar masterpiece!
All the characters in Finding Nemo are absolutely fantastic, whether it be Nemo's friends at school or Marlin and Nemo himself. Even the turtles that pop up for a while are absolutely hilarious! However, a few of my favorite characters are Nemo's friends in the tank. They represent the innocence of the film. Then there's Bruce and his friends who are absolutely hilarious, representing at times, the darker tone of the film but never downplaying the tone. Pretty much every character of the film is friendly, in some way, and whilst this may sound stupid, it actually works with the film. It adds to the somewhat, realism of the film.
Since 2003, Finding Nemo has stunned audiences across the world to the degree, that it is possibly Pixar's most talked about film. The love for Finding Nemo is very clear from the fact that there was an extremely successful 3D Re-release and its upcoming 2015 sequel, Finding Dory. In all, Finding Nemo is a perfect animation film and is successful in directing, which is tough to achieve considering that the 90 minute run time has a lot of introducing characters, places and story elements, yet it all fits perfectly. It has hilarious lines, is written perfectly and has fantastic voice acting by the crew.
Grade- A+
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