Finding Nemo Review
FINDING NEMO
Director: Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich (co-director)
Writers: Andrew Stanton (story and screenplay)
Release: May 2003
Genre: Animation
Tagline:
Search for a fish out of its home water!
Plot:
A most lovable and memorable story of a father in search of his lost son!
The Great Barrier Reef, home for many fishes houses Marlin, a cautious father of young Nemo. Leaving behind the fears of the huge ocean and the safety of his home waters, Marlin swims and explore newer waters with a forgetful fish Dory as his companion, in search of his son Nemo who manages to be scooped out of water by a diver.
Review
The biggest animation grosser till date and the 9th highest grosser so far, Finding Nemo made a big splash in Indian waters. A simple screenplay supported ably by excellent animation and almost real life aquatic settings, the Pixar development team re-created elements like the ocean floor, caustic lighting (the light at the on the ocean floors and shafts of light) and amidst all this real life setting, the entire team has infused the human element of bonding giving this film a “heart".
Nemo, after losing his mother and siblings in a traumatic event now lives with his father Marlin, an over protective clown fish – who always believes in over protecting his son from the mysteries and dangers lurking the Great Barrier reef.
Nemo, to prove his might swims past the Reef in rebellion and is sadly captured by a scuba diving dentist. Nemo ends up in a salt water fish aquarium at the dentist's clinic.
Dad Marlin begins his search for finding Nemo and enroute finds a companion Dory, a forgetful but friendly blue tang fish who saw the direction the dentist's diver boat headed, but as luck would have it, cannot exactly remember it because of her forgetful self!
In their search, they encounter a unique group of sharks, headed by their leader Bruce, attempting to give up the habit of eating fish.
Meanwhile not all is well with Nemo, who discovers that he is just a simple gift for the dentist's niece (the niece is obviously a pony tailed young lass with brasses). The other aquarium inmates show a photograph to Nemo on the fate of the gift the niece owned last year. The fish didn't live long enough as she shook it to death.
Nemo is determined to change his fate and get out of the tank. A veteran in the tank, Gill, concocts a plan. For the plan to work they need a pebble, a filter, a dirty tank and some plastic bags and yes a whole lot of courage.
Nemo's single minded determination of reuniting with his father and Marlin's incessant search for his son make this film a worthy watch. This film speaks to all ages and has a moral or two for all of us (like all other Disney animations). A quality cinema from Pixar, this animation is magical capturing aquatic life to its fullest
Go and Have a splash!
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