Finding Nemo

Pixar. Possibly the greatest animators of all time. 'Finding Nemo'. Definitely an extremely popular film, one which broke sales charts upon its DVD release. Never before have Pixar actually disappointed me (excluding the lacking 'Mater And The Ghostlight' short film) and 'Finding Nemo' is no exception, with its unique and beautiful take on a slowly-tiring genre.

'Finding Nemo' is an action adventure set between the middle of the ocean and Sydney. Two clownfish are having several-thousand babies when they are attacked by a predating fish. Marlin, the father, attempts to protect his wife and children, but is swiftly knocked out. When he regains his conscience, he finds his family utterly destroyed, completely obliterated albeit a single egg, whom he names Nemo.

Fast forward a few years and Nemo is taken by a scuba-diving human to a fish tank in Sydney where he befriends a variety of other fish who have tried many times to escape from this tortorous container. They believe Nemo to be the key to their success and try many more times, intent on freeing Nemo before his captor gives him to his supposedly evil neice, Darla.

Nemo believes that his father won't come to rescue him because Marlin is afraid of the ocean. However, Marlin, who is accompanied by a very forgetful fish named Dory, end up seaching desperately for young Nemo, and encounter many dangers such as a minefield, a trio of herbivorous sharks, a school of jellyfish and a humoungous blue whale.

'Finding Nemo' succeeds in delivering an emotional film with a constant theme of loss without ever losing a sense of humour, such as when some young fish mistake the word "boat" for "butt" and go on to speack some legendary phrases "that's one big butt" and "I'm gonna touch the butt". Pixar make a lot of things in the film even funnier than their potential would suggest, and this is barely an overstatement.

'Finding Nemo' is very constantly commended and recommended, and because of this some people might accuse the film to be over-rated. I'll admit it's not the best film in the world, but this is purely because of a certain unknown quality. Technically speaking, 'Finding Nemo' is a perfect film with plenty of humour and emotional value to satisfy. Two fish looking for a baby fish might not be the most appealing thing in the world, but then again, a lot of brilliant things aren't. Just trust me when I say that 'Finding Nemo' is a rare film which will appease anybody and everybody.

Five Out Of Five.