"Finding Nemo" the highest grossing sales in the history of animated features to-date. And it was very well-deserved. I was thoroughly hooked.
It was truly a masterpiece. A bold, vivid, colorful underwater and overland adventure of exuberant creatures with vivacious personalities. It's a fantasy, yet it's dazzlingly real and alive. A visual feast, masterful animation, excellent score, impeccable voicework with heartfelt story and witty dialogues (Dori's become my most favorite animated character of all-time. I'm still tickled pink, or blue, in this case! ;-)). The story skillfully and subtly reveals the disabilities of the main characters; mental, emotional and physical and how these disabilities affect their ways in navigating the world and relationships with others. It's gentle, smart, funny, charming, exciting, and frightening at times. I won't articulate the morale of the story. But I will say this: it's an uplifting story about tragedy and triumph, self-realization and strength, fear and courage, challenge and success, learning and growing, love and friendship. Pretty deep stuffs for a kiddie movie without being preachy. You'll forget that this is a merely fish tale; the engaging story, dialogues, and humor are those of real humans and relevant to the world that we live in.