Best Films of the 2000s: Finding Nemo (2003) | The Best Films of 2000s: This Guy Over Here

Finding Nemo (2003)

Starring: Albert Brooks (voice), Ellen DeGeneres (voice)
Director: Andrew Stanton
Country: USA
Genre: Animation, Family

It’s not far off from Man On Fire, minus all of that violent revenge stuff.

This isn’t the first time I’m going to gush over Pixar, and it certainly isn’t the last. They once again craft a brilliantly touching and hilarious story of overcoming the odds. If you somehow managed to miss this film because having a child around that you have to occupy by putting something in the DVD player, or if you didn’t feel compelled to be that child within the theater, do it. This tale is basically a man searching for his child, only… not men, fish. Most Pixar films have their main characters going on a quest of some sort, which is the perfect vessel for natural character development. But it’s not all about an internal struggle, because how would that be fun for the whole family? It’s exciting as heck, (particularly the Sharks Anonymous scene,) and funny enough to have children quoting it until the point of annoyance (and younger adults too… Chelsea, I’m looking at you.)

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