Director: Andrew Stanton
Cast Headliners: Ellen Degeneres, Albert Brooks, Ed O'Neill
Original Release Date : June 17th, 2016
One might ponder to think, what is about the original Finding Nemo film by Pixar that warranted a sequel? It was no Toy Story level of potential or excellence; it was just a simple story about some fish. But no, Finding Dory proves to be a sequel that is definitely worthy of following on from the first. Sure it offers more of the same, but it reminds that the more of the same is the great visuals, emotion, characters, and laughs Pixar does at their best.
The
nice thing CGI animation is that a sequel can pick up very shortly after the
events of the previous film. But it stands alone for the most part on its own,
main heroes and a couple cameos aside. The premise is good for this film since
Dory the blue tang fish (Ellen DeGeneres) had an amnesiac personality that led
to then, and still does in several here, humorous moments. This film takes this
implication for her to find her parents Charlie(Eugene Levy) and Jenny(Diane
Keaton) who she lost long ago. She gives chase across the ocean to retrace her
life, and in turn Marlin(Albert Brooks, nicely reprising his role from the
first in a bit of a reduced but still central part) and son Nemo( logically, a replaced
young newcomer Hayden Rolence) chase after her.
It’s
a story that’s very much the same idea as the first film. There’s a beautiful,
colorful ocean with a variety of fish old and new. There are moments of
feelings, jokes especially with the great chemistry between Dory and Marlin
once again, there’s some slight adventure.
The film too ultimately has a place to break into in the Marine Life
Institute , which offers its own challenges and great new characters.
The
specifics must been seen firsthand in this solid plotline, but Dory has a lead
to a large aquarium and medical center for fish in California and must break
in. This leads to the dentist office from the first film on a much larger and
more exciting scale. She is assisted by a great character, Hank the octopus(Ed
O’Neill). Hank and Dory’s scenes are
some of the best of the movie, with them becoming good friends as the
infiltration mission goes on. Likewise Marlin and Nemo meet animals such as Fluke(Idris
Elba) and Rudder(Dominic West), a pair of seals and their bird Becky, and
others in more humorous bit roles such as Bailey(Ty Burrell) the beluga who can’t
echolocate and Destiny(Kaitlin Olson) the near-sighted whale shark. Old or new, large or small the characters are
brimming with personality and there’s a nice sweethearted message about accepting
one’s shortcomings and respecting other’s for theirs.
The
one attempt to be perhaps different from the first is through very frequent
flashbacks to Dory’s past. These make sense in parts but are perhaps overused
here and there when more exciting stuff is happening in the present. But the core plot line, if familiar, is fun
to watch and the emotional moments are just as impactful as ever. It picks up
on a good premise, and offers a animated adventure worthy of existing within
the same. 8.67 out of 10
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