Finding Nemo

Director : Andrew Stanton
Starring (voices of) : Albert Brooks, Ellen De Generes, Alexander Gould, Willem Dafoe
Rating : ****
FINDING NEMO starts with Marlin (Albert Brooks), a clown fish living amongst the coral of the Great Barrier Reef, losing most of his future unhatched family to a ferocious, marauding predator. After some frantic searching Marlin finds one survivor, his son Nemo (Alexander Gould). He watches over his son and is understandably over-protective with Nemo, who has a ‘special’ fin.
Despite rigorous reminders on the perils of the open ocean, Nemo being naturally adventurous and independent swims far away from the protection of the coral and straight into a net! Scared and lonely Nemo is taken by his captor, a Sydney dentist-cum-fishing enthusiast and placed in a large fish tank in the latter’s office. But Nemo is determined to escape back to the ocean that he can see from the window and find his dad, especially when he learns he is to be given as a gift to the dentist’s niece from hell - Darla! Meanwhile dad (Marlin) who witnessed his son’s capture is in hot pursuit. The rest of the film revolves around Marlin’s endeavours.