Trying to prove himself, junior clown fish Nemo swims too far from the Great Barrier Reef and the next thing he knows he’s looping a fish tank in a Sydney dentist’s office. Protective dad Marlin (Albert Brooks) follows in his wake, with dippy Dory (Ellen DeGeneres), an addle-brained blue tang fish who tags along for moral support and comic relief.
Yes it’s another rescue narrative, but the joy of Finding Nemo is in its waterworld-building: watching this movie is like a visit to the aquarium, or going scuba diving — but even more exciting, and with jokes.
Finding Nemo will also be screening as part of our next edition of VIFF Kids Club.
A comedy flick, a road trip film, a prison break movie: “Finding Nemo” is a lot of things. But the film is Pixar’s best because it grounds it all in the vividly rendered relationship between fish father Marlin and his son Nemo, who he struggles to let grow and inadvertently pushes away. Marlin’s quest to find Nemo after he gets kidnapped is Pixar’s most satisfying emotional journey: a perfectly paced and plotted adventure that still cuts deep on the first or third or 5,000th watch.
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Andrew Stanton
Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Geoffrey Rush
USA
2003
English
Academy Award, Best Animated Feature
Open to youth!
$10 youth tickets available
Book Tickets
Indigenous & Community Access
Credits
Cinematography
Sharon Calahan, Jeremy Lasky
Editor
David Ian Salter
Production Design
Ralph Eggleston
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Toy Story 2
When Woody is kidnapped, it's Buzz who leads the troops to the rescue. Expertly balancing action, humour and emotion, this deepens our relationship with the first film's characters and introduces a stellar newcomer, cowgirl Jessie (Joan Cusack). Rated: G
Image: © Disney Pixar 1999
WALL-E
Set 700 years from now (though we may get there sooner), the film imagines Earth as a toxic dump, while humankind cruises outer space in luxurious limbo. Trash robot WALL-E falls in love with a shiny new research drone, Eve. Rated: G
Image: © Disney Pixar 2008
