A video game based on the film was released in 2003, for Microsoft Windows, Xbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube, and Game Boy Advance. I'm a huge fan of Ellen too, which only adds to the love for dory, because you can see Dory's kindness in Ellen. briefly talks about the challenges of transitioning Dory from sidekick to main character for the sequel. Metacritic (which uses a weighted average) assigned the film a score of 90 out of 100 based on 38 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".

It also won the award for Best Animated Film at the Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards, the Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards, the National Board of Review Awards, the Online Film Critics Society Awards, and the Toronto Film Critics Association Awards. Still, you had to imagine Pixar would try to protect and honor the legacy of one of their most popular films both in the interest of their brand and out of duty to the generation for whom it was one of the most-seen and best-loved films. Carrie Rickey of The Philadelphia Inquirer gave the film three out of four, saying "As eye-popping as Nemo's peepers and as eccentric as this little fish with asymmetrical fins. Helping out in her voyage is a beluga whale Bailey (Ty Burrell) who uses his echolocation to act as her map.The film stars the voices of Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould, Willem Dafoe, and Geoffrey Rush. They were going to play against each other with Nigel being neat and fastidious and Gerald being scruffy and sloppy. When Dory, the forgetful blue tang (Ellen DeGeneres), suddenly remembers she has a family who may be looking for her, she, Marlin (Albert Brooks) and Nemo (Hayden Rolence) take off on a life-changing quest to find them… with help from Hank, a cantankerous octopus; Bailey, a beluga whale who's convinced his biological sonar skills are on the fritz; and Destiny, a nearsighted whale shark!

It shows the power of a parents love, as in real life parents who have missing children still leave lights on or do things in hope their kids will come home.Tom Long of The Detroit News gave the film an A−, saying "A simple test of humanity: If you don't laugh aloud while watching it, you've got a battery not a heart.

Finding Nemo was a great stand-alone story, and piggy backing on the ideas and characters from that film is a weakness throughout. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Navajo Version of 'Finding Nemo' Aims to Promote Language". Barry Humphries as Bruce, a great white shark, who, despite abstaining from eating fish, continues to fight his instinctive will to eat them; he is also friends with Anchor and Chum. These might leave a slight aftertaste in the mouth of anyone expecting a studio like Pixar to steer the franchise into newer and more interesting territory.I was sceptical before watching this, that it would be a rehash of the original in an attempt to cash in on a very successful film. The 2-disc DVD release sold more than 8 million copies on the first day of release, taking Spider-Man 's record for having the highest single-day DVD sales. We see more to her character; we see her determination, her sorrow, but also her need to find her family.