Finding Nemo (2003)

Directors:

Andrew Stanton
Lee Unkrich (co-director)

Writers:

Andrew Stanton (story)
Andrew Stanton (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

30 May 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family

Tagline:

71% of the Earth's surface is covered by water. That's a lot of space to find one fish.

Plot:

A father-son underwater adventure featuring Nemo, a boy clownfish, stolen from his coral reef home. His timid father must then travel to Sydney and search Sydney Harbour to find Nemo.

Plot Keywords:

Fish | Dentist | Fish Tank | Harbor | Short Term Memory Loss

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 34 wins & 35 nominations

Cast

Albert Brooks	...	Marlin (voice)
Ellen DeGeneres	...	Dory (voice)
Alexander Gould	...	Nemo (voice)
Willem Dafoe	...	Gill (voice)
Brad Garrett	...	Bloat (voice)
Allison Janney	...	Peach (voice)
Austin Pendleton	...	Gurgle (voice)
Stephen Root	...	Bubbles (voice)
Vicki Lewis	...	Deb / Flo (voice)
Joe Ranft	...	Jacques (voice)
Geoffrey Rush	...	Nigel (voice)
Andrew Stanton	...	Crush (voice)
Elizabeth Perkins	...	Coral (voice)
Nicholas Bird	...	Squirt (voice)
Bob Peterson	...	Mr. Ray (voice)

Also Known As:

Buscando a Nemo (Argentina) (Peru) (Spain) [es]
Findet Nemo (Austria) (Germany) [de]
Hitta Nemo (Finland: Swedish title) (Sweden) [sv]
À Procura de Nemo (Portugal) [pt]
Alla ricerca di Nemo (Italy) [it]
Buscant en Nemo (Spain: Catalan title) [ca]
Find Nemo (Denmark) [da]
Finding Nemo (Japan) [ja]
Gdzie jest Nemo? (Poland) [pl]
Hladá sa Nemo (Slovakia) [sk]
Hledá se Nemo (Czech Republic) [cs]
Kayip balik Nemo (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Le monde de Nemo (France) [fr]
Leitin að Nemo (Iceland) (DVD box title) [is]
Némo nyomában (Hungary) [hu]
Nemoa etsimässä (Finland) [fi]
Op zoek naar Nemo (Netherlands) [nl]
Oppdrag Nemo (Norway) [no]
Procurando Nemo (Brazil) [pt]
Psahnontas ton Nemo (Greece) [el]
Trouver Némo (Canada: French title) [fr]
U potrazi za Nemom (Croatia) [hr]

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS-ES | Dolby Digital EX | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:L | Malaysia:U | Portugal:M/6 | Italy:T | Finland:K-7 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Brazil:Livre | Canada:G | Denmark:7 | France:U | Germany:o.Al. (bw) | Hong Kong:I | Ireland:G | Japan:U | Netherlands:AL | New Zealand:PG | Norway:7 | Peru:PT | Philippines:G | Singapore:G | South Korea:All | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:0 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Taiwan:GP | UK:U | USA:G (certificate #39772) | Greece:K | Thailand:G

Company:

Walt Disney Pictures

Trivia:

Director Andrew Stanton originally planned to reveal the fate of Marlin's wife gradually through flashbacks seen periodically as the story unfolded. After a few early in-house screenings, he found that Marlin came off as too much of a worrywart, and decided to reveal the entire back-story up front, thus making Marlin more appealing by establishing the reason for his over-protectiveness.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The instrument that is used by the dentist that is mentioned in the movie is called a "gates glidden" instrument not a "gator glidden drill". It is also mentioned that the dentist uses it to access the root canal. It is not used to access the root canal but rather to clean and shape it. The proper instrument that is used for endodontic access is a carbide bur.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Marlin: Wow.
Coral: Mmm.
Marlin: Wow.
Coral: Mm-hmm.
Marlin: Wow.
Coral: Yes, Marlin. I... No, I see it. It's beautiful.
Marlin: So, Coral, when you said you wanted an ocean view, you didn't think you were going to get the whole ocean, did you? Huh?
[deep breath]
Marlin: Oh, yeah. A fish can breathe out here. Did your man deliver, or did he deliver?
[...]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Jeopardy!: 2006 Teen Tournament Quarterfinal 4 (#22.109)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

The Girl from Ipanema

Another Disney/Pixar Classic

Those guys and girls at Disney/Pixar have done it again, they've created the perfect underwater world, full of fascinating Disney characters.

A truly enchanting story of a father (Marlon) who loses his son (Nemo), and with help of his new found friend (Dory) ventures out into the ocean to try to find him. On this epic voyage he gets to battle sharks, surf with some turtle dudes, dice with some jellyfish and survive an encounter in a whales stomach.

All the characters are vibrant with Disney charm, but my favourite is Dory, the comic relief, probably one of the funniest Disney characters ever written and superbly voiced by Ellen DeGeneres, pure genius.

All in all this is another success for Disney and Pixar, It brings out the child in all of us.

Solid family fun 8/10