Finding Dory
Finding Dory
PG | 17 June 2016 (USA)
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Dory is reunited with her friends Nemo and Marlin in the search for answers about her past. What can she remember? Who are her parents? And where did she learn to speak Whale?

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Hottoceame

The Age of Commercialism

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Evengyny

Thanks for the memories!

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Voxitype

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

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Deanna

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

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Jesper Brun

After hitting rock bottom with the release of Cars 2 and the mostly disappointing Monster University, I'm happy to see how Pixar was able to capture the essence of what made Finding Nemo so memorable yet again. I always wondered where Dory came from and all that stuff. And how that journey was strung together is yet again filled with memorable characters both old and new. The flash backs used for Dory's steady recall of who her parents are and how she got away from them was a clever choice of narrative, because that was how it was supposed to be in "Nemo" about how Marlin lost his wife and children. It works so well in here because of the short-term memory loss of Dory.With that said, I must address a few problems with the movie. You see, I loved how both Nemo and Marlin figured out there escape plans in the first movie, and that is only occasionally the case in Finding Dory. Many times it just seemed like something just happened to go that way or that just happened be there. It made me feel like: "oh, that was adequate". But aside from that, it captured all the things that made me love the original, so all in all it is a solid movie.

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nerdydad1

This movie is about Dory, the sweet forgetful fish from Finding Nemo, finding her family. There is a very touching "Pixar" moment when this is resolved. But the rest of the movie...OK, we do not expect movies to be realistic. But we expect some level of plausibility. In Finding Nemo, a large portion of the movie is dedicated to planning how to get one fish out of a fish tank. In Finding Dory, every move the characters have to do (like getting from the ocean to a tank, or a tank to another tank) is about 100 times more difficult, and is solved with about 1/100th of the effort. There was the same problem with dreadful Cars 2: they feel the need to "up" the action, to the point that the amazing is commonplace. There are no highs and lows, no tension, just wall to wall actions for the kids. And to paraphrase one of the good Pixar movies: "When every action in the movie is super... nothing is." Great if you're with kids under about 10. But if you're older and want a nostalgic follow-up Finding Nemo - disappointng.

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paulclaassen

Let's face it, a sequel very seldom is as good as the original. Although the animation was equally great and the lovable characters are back, I did get a sense of deja vu here. It was pretty much an "Oh, I've seen this before" feeling. Although Dory, who was my favorite character in 'Finding Nemo', is now the main character, the plot seems all too familiar. It was nevertheless enjoyable, though.

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ElMaruecan82

"Finding Nemo" was such a self-sufficient and satisfying masterpiece it was beyond the predictability of needing a sequel. But once again know-it-all executives chose the easy way, milking the success of a beloved animated movie and making an ersatz of a sequel. 13 years after. It's all about the numbers, right? Well here's a number: 10. 10 reasons why the film sucked.1. Saccharine overdose, I expect many cutesy elements in a Disney Pixar movie, it first started with the babyish version of Dory, with those big eyes meant to make hearts melt and then she opened her mouth and I could have sworn the casting agents auditioned thousands of kids to find which one would have the cutest voice ever. Yes, she was adorable but it was like a doctor telling me to open my mouth and "say aaaaaaaw".2. The action starts too quickly, a random school trip on mister Ray's back, a random Dory's intrusion, and a random flashback and pop goes the Dory. "Finding Dory" was trying to create an emotional connection between the opening scene and the adult Dory but it felt just too rushed, it's not like we've seen Dory longing for her lost parents before, she just happens to remember she had parents. 3. You don't base the plots on comic reliefs, there was a reason why the short-term memory loss was used for Dory, it was a defining character's trait but also a running gag, here it structures the plot and makes it dependent on Dory's flashes of memories coming at the most conveniently possible time, just when she's in a false track or a dead end, there's something that pushes her on the road again. The first movie was following a simple trajectory, and was dependent on a few encounters and obstacles, here it's all about hazardous contrivances and twists of luck.4. The film is about Dory trying to find her parents, the title makes a little sense although it was the only possible one establishing a continuity with the first film. The problem is that the title basically establishes the story from Marlin and Nemo's perspective and they're secondary characters, in fact, they're as "pivotal" as Indiana Jones in "Raiders", we understand their presence but they're also here to show that the animators didn't believe Dory alone was capable to carry a whole movie. They were right, we needed the pairs of clown fishes as the straight ones, oh the irony!5. Too much repetition, of course it's inevitable if your main character is suffering from short-term memory loss but how many times did she needed to mention it, how many times did we need to see an excited and happy Dory just going all tail ahead. She was a lovable buffoon in the first, hysterical in a good way, now she's hysterical in the worst possible way. Everything that made the first film genuinely funny became rapidly annoying here and don't get me started on the whale speak.6. Caricatured characterization, try to say that quickly. It seems pretty obvious for Dory, but how about Marlin? Basically, he's learned nothing from the first film, and he's still acting like a paranoid over-protective sad sack, not only that, but he says perhaps the most terrible thing to Dory without immediately apologizing, following the idiot plot where anything can be solved if the right words are said.7. Too much time spent above the water,. I don't mind a fish going from an ocean to a tank, but this trip was a bit far-fetched even for a movie that features a fish that can read. The problem is that the first Nemo started with a shocker, but if the very rules of that sequel applied in the first film, the Barracuda or the dentist's fish tank wouldn't have caused much trouble. In a universe where a fish can talk to a sea-lion, travel on a crazy seagull, or when an octopus can easily vanish from sight like a chameleon, any thing is possible. These are not the rules "Finding Nemo" was based on. Which leads me to that infamous car chase, Fonzie jumped the sharks, Dory jumped the truck... it's the same ruining effect. It's not enough that it's possibly the most overused climactic sequence in an action-packed movie, they had to indulge to it an a supposedly aquatic adventure. How about going for the emotional climax, how about actually making a good use of the aquatic park setting... how about not making the damn thing. 8. Indeed, was that trip necessary? Have we ever felt that there something in Dory's arc waiting to be closed. It is usual for animated sequels to focus on a character's background or on the secondary character, it worked with Buzz Lightyear for "Toy Story 2" but that's because there was good material in it. "DreamWorks" also came up with great secondary stories in the "Shrek" or "Kung Fu Panda" series, but Dory is just another-character-looking-for-her-parents with memory losses as a twist. It's a rather thin premise if you asked me. And you can tell they're trying to fatten it with the usual "anything is possible" lesson.9. What's with that musical schmaltz titled "Unforgettable" did they try to pull a "Skyfall" or what? The song was so James Bond-esque I expected to see a woman's silhouette swimming in the ocean. What a shameful Oscar-bait, the film didn't get any nominations and there's a good reason for that.10. It wasn't that funny, yeah, yeah, Sigourney Weaver was funny the first time and then got overused, in the French version, they even dubbed it with a famous anchorwoman, which didn't make sense, once again the star system is killing the film... I guess every country will have a famous national voice. the first film was about "Finding Nemo", the second has no reason to exist, except for "Finding Money".

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