Finding Nemo Movie

Finding Nemo
Rating:
Run Time: 100 min
MPAA Rating: G
Released: 2003
Directors: Andrew Stanton
Lee Unkrich
Genre/Type: Children's/Family
Adventure Comedy
Family-Oriented Adventure
Producers: Graham Walters
Plot Synopsis by Mark Deming
Andrew Stanton, who helped write Toy Story and Monsters, Inc., co-wrote and directed this computer-animated comedy-adventure about finding a very small fish in a very large ocean. Marlin (voice of Albert Brooks) is a more-than-slightly paranoid Clown Fish who is extremely devoted to his young son, Nemo (voice of Alexander Gould), the only survivor after an undersea predator swallowed up Nemo's mother and her other offspring. It's not Marlin's nature to explore unfamiliar waters, but when he and Nemo are accidentally separated near the Great Barrier Reef en route to Nemo's first day of fish school, Marlin gathers his courage and sets out to find his son. What Marlin doesn't know, however, is that while Nemo was looking at a boat passing on the surface, he was caught in a net and given a new home in a dentist's aquarium. As Marlin searches for his son, he makes friends with a friendly but absent-minded Regal Blue Tang named Dory (voice of Ellen DeGeneres), a Great White Shark named Bruce (voice of Barry Humphries) who is trying to cut fish out of his diet, a beach-rat Sea Tortoise named Crush (voice of Andrew Stanton), and Nigel (voice of Geoffrey Rush), a Pelican who can take Marlin's search from the ocean to dry land. Finding Nemo's impressive voice cast also includes Willem Dafoe, Allison Janney, Eric Bana, Stephen Root, and Brad Garrett.

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Barry Humphries voiced Bruce the Shark in the Disney/Pixar animated movie 'Finding Nemo.' He is next in the movie 'Moll Flanders'
"Dory" is blue hippo tang which require a tank 70 gallons or larger
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Cast

Actors Character Born
Albert Brooks Marlin Jul 22, 1947 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, CA
Ellen DeGeneres Dory Jan 26, 1958
Alexander Gould Nemo the Clownfish
Willem Dafoe Gill Jul 22, 1955 in Appleton, WI
Brad Garrett Bloat
Allison Janney Peach the Starfish Nov 19, 1959
Austin Pendleton Gurgle Mar 27, 1940 in Warren, OH
Stephen Root Bubbles Nov 17, 1951 in Sarasota, FL
Vicki Lewis Deb and Flo Mar 17, 1960 in Cincinnati, OH
Joe Ranft Jacques Mar 13, 1960 in Pasadena, CA
Geoffrey Rush Nigel Jul 6, 1951 in Toowoomba, Australia
Andrew Stanton Crush
Elizabeth Perkins Coral Nov 18, 1960 in Queens, New York City, NY
Nicolas Bird Squirt
Bob Peterson Mr. Ray
Barry Humphries Bruce the Great White Shark Feb 17, 1934 in Melbourne, Australia
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Review by Perry Seibert
Finding Nemo is a superb achievement on three distinct levels. First, the look of the film is gorgeous. The Pixar crew has created a fully realized underwater world. The colors are bright and entrancing, while the movement of the fish is so realistic that the viewer never for a second suspends belief. The story is beautifully structured. After establishing the relationship between Marlin (Albert Brooks) and Nemo (Alexander Gould), the film sets up the separate worlds they each inhabit (the ocean and the fish tank). The screenwriters have dreamed up creative plot points, formulating exciting obstacles (like the wrecking of a filtration system, a dangerous jellyfish zone, and a dentally challenged eight-year-old) that allow the film to maintain an exciting pace without sacrificing character or humor. Each member of the cast appears to have been hired for their skills as a performer more than for their name recognition. Brooks, DeGeneres, and Willem Dafoe all communicate real emotional truth in their characters, while such talented vocal performers as Stephen Root, Geoffrey Rush, and Barry Humphries lend pitch-perfect comedic support. Finding Nemo is an inventively written, gorgeously drawn, and perfectly acted animated film.
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