Finding Nemo [G]

On his first day at school, young Nemo gets into an argument with his father Marlin and swims out into open water. Whilst there, two divers appear and snatch him from the reef. Desperate to save his son, Marlin embarks upon a journey of epic proportions. Teaming up with a forgetful fish named Dory, Marlin will brave anything and everything to get his son back. 

I think that Finding Nemo would have to be my favourite Disney Pixar film. It had everything right. The story, the script, and the characters were absolutely priceless. It’s perfect for all ages. No joke. My dad and I walk about the house quoting this film: “Fish are friends, not food.” 

Marlin the clownfish lived a perfect life with his wife and 300 unhatched eggs. But then the unthinkable happened when his wife and 299 of his children were eaten by another fish. Finding only one egg left, Marlin promises that nothing will ever happen to this egg, his son Nemo. Thus Nemo has grown up with a lot of rules and boundaries, all of which are shattered on his first day of school. Whilst with a group of friends, Nemo swims out into open water to prove to his dad that, despite his gimpy fin, there are things he can do. Whilst out there, two divers appear and snatch him from the reef. Despairing Marlin then races after the boat with all his speed, but soon ends up losing it. Desperate to find the boat and save his son, Marlin gets help from a fish called Dory who turns out to suffer from short-term memory loss. Together Marlin and Dory embark upon a journey to Sydney to save Nemo. A journey that’s going to be more dangerous than either of them can ever have imagined. 

Visually, Finding Nemo is a wonderful film. The animation is sharp and no colour was spared. It’s probably one of the brightest and most colourful films you’ll ever see. 

The story was nice and simple, really easy to follow, but essentially it was the characters that made the film so brilliant. You had a paranoid joke-killing clownfish, a carefree fish who forgets things instantly, vegetarian sharks, stoner sea turtles, a pelican interested in dentistry, a fish who’s obsessed with bubbles, a fish who confuses her reflection for her sister, one-word seagulls, and an H2O intolerant seahorse. 

And the little jokes and gags that were slipped into the script were simply genius. 

Featuring the voice talents of Albert Brookes, Ellen DeGeneres, Willem Dafoe, Brad Garrett, Allison Janney, Austin Pendleton, Geoffrey Rush, Elizabeth Perkins, Bruce Spence, Barry Humphries, Eric Bana, Bill Hunter, and Rove McManus, Finding Nemo is a classic film that people of all ages will absolutely love. I can’t physically write the sheer brilliance of this movie. It is a film that you HAVE to see at least once in your life. 

Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming swimming swimming. What do we do? We swim swim.