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Finding Nemo (2003)

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Average Rating: 8.5/10
Reviews Counted: 199
Fresh: 196 | Rotten: 3

Breathtaking animation, talented vocal work, and a well-written screenplay add up to another Pixar success.

100

Average Rating: 8.5/10
Critic Reviews: 40
Fresh: 40 | Rotten: 0

Breathtaking animation, talented vocal work, and a well-written screenplay add up to another Pixar success.

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Average Rating: 3.8/5
User Ratings: 31,542,965

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Movie Info

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

Nov 4, 2003

$339.7M

Walt Disney Pictures

Cast

All Critics (199) | Top Critics (40) | Fresh (208) | Rotten (3) | DVD (47)

In this seamless blending of technical brilliance and storytelling verve, the Pixar team has made something as marvelously soulful and innately, fluidly American as jazz.

February 4, 2010 Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | Comments (2)
Entertainment Weekly
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Nemo, with its ravishing underwater fantasia, manages to trump the design glamour of earlier Pixar films.

August 31, 2008 Full Review Source: TIME Magazine | Comment
TIME Magazine
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Very clever and imaginative indeed.

March 5, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety | Comment
Variety
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[An] aquatic joyride.

March 5, 2008 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comment
Chicago Reader
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A visual marvel, every frame packed to the gills with clever details, Finding Nemo is the best big-studio release so far this year.

November 1, 2007 Full Review Source: Newsweek | Comment
Newsweek
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An enchanting animated feature.

June 6, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Daily News | Comment
New York Daily News
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Sweet father-son tale with some very scary moments.

December 24, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comment
Common Sense Media

Tremendously well-made, marshaling the techniques of live-action filmmaking better than any CGI feature up to that point ever had.

February 9, 2010 Full Review Source: Antagony & Ecstasy | Comment
Antagony & Ecstasy

The kids will appreciate the vivid characters and brilliant animation, and you'll surely appreciate the witty adult humor and human themes...

April 29, 2009 Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | Comment
Cinema Crazed

Wonderful writing generates several layers of humour -- from the innocent joys of childish fun to more complex comedy, but never at anyone's (or any fish's) cruel expense -- as well as an engaging dramatic plot.

October 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | Comment
Urban Cinefile

Terrific-looking and sweet, it's certainly up to the superior standard Pixar has set for prime family entertainment.

December 30, 2006 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | Comment
Empire Magazine

I was swept up in its dazzling stream of rainbow corals, amused by the stoner turtles going with the flow, sharks battling their own regressive instincts and DeGeneres' scatterbrained Dory.

January 26, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out | Comment

After four Pixar features under their belts, it is painfully easy to see the clichés emerging.

December 6, 2005 Full Review Source: Film Threat | Comments (54)
Film Threat

Magical. God knows how they do it, but Pixar is easily the most consistent, most intelligent movie shop in Hollywood.

July 5, 2005 Full Review Source: Bullz-Eye.com | Comment
Bullz-Eye.com

A joyous delight for audiences of all ages.

March 5, 2005 Full Review Source: NYC Film Critic | Comment
NYC Film Critic

Enthralling, and gorgeous, from start to finish.

January 15, 2005 Comment
Looking Closer

Wildly funny with a marvelous array of characters, inventively designed with photo-realistic artistry, and rich in filial sentiment, the movie attracted every age group.

November 6, 2004 Full Review Source: Movie City News | Comment
Movie City News

Brilliantly conceived Pixar movie is loaded with family values, albeit the salt water variety.

October 26, 2004 Comment

Humor, not music, drives the film, and Disney swims off into new territory with poke-fun-at-the-process extras.

August 13, 2004 Comment
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Audience Reviews for Finding Nemo

Lets be honest, who could hate Finding Nemo? It's quite simply an instant classic. There is no reason why people could hate the stunnig visuals and the well written screenplay.

August 15, 2011
Michael M.
Michael Miller

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Sublime.

August 12, 2011
Louis Rogers

Super Reviewer

    1. Dory: Hen conscience, am I dead?
    – Submitted by Nhia T (22 days ago)
    1. Marlin: Dory, do you see anything?
    2. Dory: AHH! Something's got me!
    3. Marlin: That's was me! I'm sorry.
    4. Dory: Huh! Who's that?
    5. Marlin: 'Who's that?' Who could it be? It's me!
    6. Dory: Are...are you my conscience?
    7. Marlin: Yeah...yeah...yeah...yeah I'm your conscience. We haven't spoken for a while. How are you?
    8. Dory: Hmmm... can't complain.
    – Submitted by Nhia T (22 days ago)
    1. Dory: [speaking whale] Wwwwweeeee neeeeeeeed tooooooo fiiiiiind hiiiiis sooooon. Caaaan youuuuuu pleeeeeease give us direeeeections? Come Baaaaaaack!
    – Submitted by Nhia T (22 days ago)
    1. Dory: P. Sherman 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney.
    – Submitted by Nhia T (22 days ago)
    1. Peach the Starfish: It's a root canal, and from the looks of those x-rays, it's not going to be pretty.
    – Submitted by Declan R (34 days ago)

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