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Movie Overview
Director
• Andrew Stanton
• Lee Unkrich
MPAA Rating
G
Finding Nemo (2003)

REVIEWS
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INTERVIEWS OTHER
OFCS Rating: 96% Fresh
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6/10
"beautiful to look at, and not without humour, but ... its waters are starting to taste just a little stale."  Movie Gazette  Anton Bitel

5/10
"Nemo isn’t particularly funny, as it includes the usual mix of bodily fluid humor and Pixar’s penchant for movie homages."  Modamag.com  Brian Orndorf

8/10
"Thanks to a solid script by director Andrew Stanton (a Pixar regular), many of the human actors who give voices to the computer-generated fish wind up becoming more engaging than when they appear in flesh-and-blood."  Lybarger Links  Dan Lybarger

A
"Ellen Degenerous and Albert Brooks lend their voices to the craziest fish ever to talk on screen, and Dame Edna (Barry Humphries) performs a turn as a vegetarian shark!"  EDGE Boston  David Foucher

3.5/4
"...the movie is chock-full of color and fun, ambitiously gliding through one vibrant scene after another as it reveals an engaging and beautiful world..."  Cinemaphile.org  David Keyes

"While not reaching the heights that Pixar previously hit with Toy Story, Monsters, Inc. and A Bug's Life, there are enough laughs and excitement in Finding Nemo to make it appealing to both kids and adults."  Portland Tribune  Dawn Taylor

3.5/4
"Finding Nemo is superlative family entertainment, joyous and alive in a way few films are."  TheMovieBoy.com  Dustin Putman

3/4
"Finding Nemo merely transplants human suburban anxiety to an underwater realm."  Slant Magazine  Ed Gonzalez

"La originalidad de sus universos y personajes, lo disparatado y divertido de sus situaciones, la inteligencia de muchos diálogos, y la reconocible humanidad con que los animadores visten a sus criaturas, son los principales ingredientes que contribuyen a"  Uruguay Total  Enrique Buchichio

A-
"A gem of a movie, and exactly what we expect from our friends at Pixar."  EricDSnider.com  Eric D. Snider

3.5/4
"Saying that Finding Nemo is Pixar’s weakest effort to date is like a starving man telling you the third piece of pizza you’ve given him wasn’t as good as the first."  eFilmCritic.com  Erik Childress

B
"Isn't quite as clever and wonderful as we've come to expect. Even as such, it remains pretty clever and wonderful."  Film Blather  Eugene Novikov

3/4
"If Pixar was fishing for another big catch in their stable of entertaining hits, Nemo is the prized filmmaking flounder that takes the absolute bait."  Movie Eye  Frank Ochieng

B+
"Children and adults alike should be enchanted...as quietly charming, cheekily amusing a family feature as you're likely to encounter this summer."  One Guy's Opinion  Frank Swietek

"A rousing underwater adventure set in the Great Barrier Reef that celebrates youthful independence and lances the illusion that parents can make the world safe for their children."  Spirituality and Practice  Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

3.5/4
"A treasure trove of visual splendor."  ReelViews  James Berardinelli

4/4
"Each frame of Finding Nemo is a visual delight."  Q Network Film Desk  James Kendrick

4/5
"Latest computer-animated offering from Pixar is a giant leap forward visually, even if the story treads familiar ground ... uh, water."  Netflix  James Rocchi

4/4
"Pixar has interlaced its energetic storyline with the moody strains of a classic Thomas Newman score, lending an element of darkness that ingeniously penetrates the perpetual submarine light."  Aufmuth.com  Jeanne Aufmuth

10/10
"Those Pixar strengths -- story, humor, characters, and art ... shine through, more dependable than rising of the ocean tides."  Window to the Movies  Jeffrey Chen

8/10
"A near perfect example of movie magic that will appeal to viewers of all ages."  Screen It!  Jim Judy

6/10
"I can't say that this movie was as exciting, original or captivating as many of its predecessors and would recommend it more to the toddlers."  JoBlo's Movie Emporium  JoBlo

7/10
"Finding Nemo may be the most beautiful and detailed animated movie ever made."  DVDTown.com  John J. Puccio

""Finding Nemo" rides a current of hope, heroics and hilarity that is impossible to resist."  Light Views  John Larsen

9/10
"Creates a very high benchmark for this summer's other films to strive to best, and I don't think any of them will."  Planet Sick-Boy  Jon Popick

3.5/4
"'Entrañable, divertida y profundamente humana, es una obra de arte imprescindible.'"  Moviola  Jorge Avila Andrade

5/5
"The amazing thing about Pixar is that in every film, I go in with incredibly high, unrealistic expectations, & they always excel beyond them."  Cinerina  Karina Montgomery

3/4
"There are 3.7 trillion ideas in Hollywood for an animated film; Disney and Pixar have found another one audiences won't be able to resist."  MovieCrypt.com  Kevin A. Ranson

2.5/5
"After four Pixar features under their belts, it is painfully easy to see the clichés emerging."  Film Threat  Kevin Carr

3.5/4
"A surprisingly touching metaphor for how a parent’s natural impulse is to be overprotective but one needs to have trust in their kids and let them leave their life."  Montreal Film Journal  Kevin N. Laforest

B+
"The concept of a fish with short-term memory loss sounded dubiously annoying, but DeGeneres just swims off with it"  Reeling Reviews  Laura Clifford

3.5/4
"I don't know how the staff of Pixar does it, but this is their fifth overwhelming achievement in a row."  Mark Reviews Movies  Mark Dujsik

6/10
"Beats any Disney animated film through 1960 and probably a good deal later."  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Mark R. Leeper

"The moment all the gorgeously rendered inhabitants of this beautiful undersea realm open their mouths, they sound surprisingly, and rather depressingly, human."  Flick Filosopher  MaryAnn Johanson

3.5/4
"Click to read review"  Mr. Brown's Movies  Michael Dequina

4/4
"There’s real heart in this movie without needing lots of superficial whiz-bang stuff."  Aisle Seat  Mike McGranaghan

A
"It is an epic journey filled with adventure and discovery encompassing the grandest sweep of ocean vastness and the smallest longing of the heart."  Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies  Nell Minow

4/5
"A expressividade dos personagens é tamanha que os diálogos tornam-se até mesmo dispensáveis."  Cinema em Cena  Pablo Villaca

4/5
"For obvious reasons (no toys!), this feels like a much more grown-up film than previous Disney-Pixar movies."  Shadows on the Wall  Rich Cline

A
"Finding Nemo would be a terrific movie regardless of its pedigree, but as the fifth in a seemingly endless line of quality productions, it sets a standard that few can presume to challenge."  Flipside Movie Emporium  Rob Vaux

B
"The artwork is gorgeous and the characters are strong."  Laramie Movie Scope  Robert Roten

B+
"The computer graphics create a visual world that you would actually see if you dived down 50 feet on a coral reef"  Reeling Reviews  Robin Clifford

"[Once again Pixar] ensures that the label 'family film' isn't 'a movie only your tots will enjoy' but something that actually is for everyone."  Movie Views  Ryan Cracknell

4.5/5
"My fondest wish is that Pixar doesn't hire or fire anyone for the next 25 years. What these magicians are capable of is nothing less than pure cinematic gold."  eFilmCritic.com  Scott Weinberg

4.5/5
"You won’t need a map to unearth the treasures buried in Nemo."  Filmcritic.com  Sean O'Connell

A+
"Another gem, a deeply affecting, stunningly animated father-son fish story that features the first onscreen Pixar dad, and actually focuses on the parent-child relationship."  Decent Films Guide  Steven D. Greydanus

10/10
"There's nothing fishy about its success. It's got intriguing anthropomorphic characters, a compelling story and Pixar's fanciful computer-generated animation. It's fun, bubbly, fantastic. Sea it!"  www.susangranger.com  Susan Granger

4/4
"A great film for its timeliness, and a greater film for its timelessness."  Film Freak Central  Walter Chaw

3.5/4
"Finding Nemo will please audiences of all ages with its raucous spirit and outrageous moments."  Oscar Guy  Wesley Lovell

3/4
Read review  Big Picture Big Sound  Joe Lozito
OFCS Rating: 96% Fresh
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