Finding Nemo
Movie Details
- Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family
- Release Date:
2012-09-14 Nationwide, 2003-05-30 Nationwide
- Running Time: 101 min.
- Director:
Andrew Stanton
- Cast: Erica Beck, Albert Brooks, Willem Dafoe, Ellen DeGeneres, Brad Garrett
- Producer: Graham Walters
- Writer: Andrew Stanton
- Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures
- Official Site: Finding Nemo Official Site
Walt Disney's latest kiddie epic originated at the much-heralded Pixar Animation Studios, and like its predecessors (the Toy Story movies and A Bug's Life), this comforting, elaborately mounted undersea fable is long on technical dazzle and a bit short on storytelling. It concerns a wayward little clown fish (voiced by nine-year-old Alexander Gould) who winds up entrapped in a far-off aquarium, and the quest of his timid and fretful father (Albert Brooks) to find his son and fetch him back to their reef. The Pixar wizards -- more than 180 of them -- have created a delightful undersea world that's worthy of Disney's good name, and message-wise, the kids get a universal story of growing up, gaining courage, and taking solace in the love of a reliable parent. As for the movie's trio of hungry sharks, they're really deep into a self-help program designed to improve their public image. Directed by Andrew Stanton, production designed by Ralph Eggleston.
Bill Gallo