Finding Nemo
Academy Award × 1
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Nemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken from his Great Barrier Reef home to a dentist's office aquarium. It's up to his worrisome father Marlin and a friendly but forgetful fish Dory to bring Nemo home -- meeting vegetarian sharks, surfer dude turtles, hypnotic jellyfish, hungry seagulls, and more along the way.
What critics thought
Finding Nemo earned near-universal acclaim on release, with critics marveling at Pixar's photorealistic underwater animation and praising the film's emotional warmth and sharp humor in equal measure. The only real disagreement was minor: a handful of critics placed it just slightly below the peaks of Toy Story and Monsters, Inc., rather than at the very summit of Pixar's output. Its reputation has only grown since — retrospective lists now rank it among the great films of the century.
“one of those rare movies where I wanted to sit in the front row and let the images wash out to the edges of my field of vision”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“an ocean of eye candy that tastes fresh even in this ADD-addled era of SpongeBob SquarePants”
Ed Park·The Village Voice
“Nemo erupts with sea creatures that showcase Stanton and company's gift for character and peerless eye for skewering contemporary culture.”
Kenneth Turan·Los Angeles Times
“tender, cranky, hysterical, yet somehow lucid”
David Edelstein·Slate
“a genuinely funny and touching film that, in less than a decade, has established itself as a timeless classic.”
Stephen Whitty·The Star-Ledger
Genres
Adventure, Animation, Comedy
Cast & Crew
DirectorAndrew Stanton
StarringAlbert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould, Willem Dafoe, Geoffrey Rush
ComposerThomas Newman
Finding Nemo
Academy Award × 1
Nemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken from his Great Barrier Reef home to a dentist's office aquarium. It's up to his worrisome father Marlin and a friendly but forgetful fish Dory to bring Nemo home -- meeting vegetarian sharks, surfer dude turtles, hypnotic jellyfish, hungry seagulls, and more along the way.
What critics thought
Finding Nemo earned near-universal acclaim on release, with critics marveling at Pixar's photorealistic underwater animation and praising the film's emotional warmth and sharp humor in equal measure. The only real disagreement was minor: a handful of critics placed it just slightly below the peaks of Toy Story and Monsters, Inc., rather than at the very summit of Pixar's output. Its reputation has only grown since — retrospective lists now rank it among the great films of the century.
“one of those rare movies where I wanted to sit in the front row and let the images wash out to the edges of my field of vision”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“an ocean of eye candy that tastes fresh even in this ADD-addled era of SpongeBob SquarePants”
Ed Park·The Village Voice
“Nemo erupts with sea creatures that showcase Stanton and company's gift for character and peerless eye for skewering contemporary culture.”
Kenneth Turan·Los Angeles Times
“tender, cranky, hysterical, yet somehow lucid”
David Edelstein·Slate
“a genuinely funny and touching film that, in less than a decade, has established itself as a timeless classic.”
Stephen Whitty·The Star-Ledger
Genres
Adventure, Animation, Comedy
Cast & Crew
DirectorAndrew Stanton
StarringAlbert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould, Willem Dafoe, Geoffrey Rush
ComposerThomas Newman
Rent/Purchase