Finding Dory Review

Finding Dory


Release Date: 16th June 2016 - Australia


Production Companies
Walt Disney Pictures
Pixar Animation Studios

Distribution
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Australia


Genre: Animation/Family/

Comedy/Adventure

Rating: G

Runtime: 103 minutes


Budget: $200,000,000

Box Office Gross: $1,028,570,942 (Worldwide)

Plot Summary

After Nemo is found and safely returned home, a year passes, and the forgetful but friendly blue tang fish Dory begins to have a flashback of her past. She sets off on an adventure with her friends to look for her long-lost family. Her quest continues when she is brought to the Marine Life Institute and meets some new friends.


Voice Cast
Albert Brooks - Marlin

Ellen DeGeneres - Dory
Sloane Murray - Baby Dory
Hayden Rolence - Nemo
Ed O'Neill - Hank
Diane Keaton - Jenny
Eugene Levy - Charlie
Kaitlin Olson - Destiny
Ty Burrell - Bailey
Idris Elba - Fluke
Dominic West - Rudder
Bob Peterson - Mr. Ray/

Additional Voices
Andrew Stanton - Crush/

Additional Voices
Bennett Dammann - Squirt
Bill Hader - Fish Husband
Kate McKinnon - Fish Wife
Angus MacLane - Sunfish

'Charlie Back-and-Forth'/

Additional Voices

Sigourney Weaver - Herself
Alexander Gould - Passenger Carl (Cameo)/Additional Voices

John Ratzenberger - Bill
Torbin Xan Bullock - Gerald/

Additional Voices

Willem Dafoe - Gil (Cameo)

Brad Garrett - Bloat (Cameo)

Allison Janney - Peach (Cameo)

Austin Pendleton - Gurgle (Cameo)

Stephen Root - Bubbles (Cameo)
Vicki Lewis - Deb (Cameo)

Jerome Ranft - Jacques (Cameo)
Lucia Geddes - Tween Dory

Crew
Original Story/Screenplay/
Director - Andrew Stanton
Co-Director/Additional Story Material -

Angus MacLane
Screenplay - Victoria Strouse
Additional Screenplay Material - Bob Peterson

Executive Producer - John Lasseter
Producer - Lindsey Collins
Production Designer - Steve Pilcher
Character Art Director - Jason Deamer

Sets Art Director - Don Shank

Additional Shading Art Director - Bert Berry

Story Supervisor - Maxwell Bruce IV

Character Supervisor - Jeremie Talbot

Character Modelling & Articulation Lead -

Mark Piretti
Supervising Animators - David DeDan and
Michael Stocker
Directing Animators - Robb Denovan
and Michal Makarewicz
Director of Photography: Camera -

Jeremy Lasky
Director of Photography: Lighting -

Ian Megibben

Visual Consultant - Sharon Calahan

Stereoscopic Supervisor - Bob Whitehill
Film Editor - Axel Geddes

Second Film Editors - Torbin Xan Bullock,

Robert Grahamjones and Sarah K. Reimers

Additional Editors - Nicholas C. Smith,

Serena Warner, Steve Bloom and

John Bryant (Uncredited)

Sound Designer - Tim Nielsen

Supervising Sound Editor - Steve Slanec

Sound Effects Editors - Jack Whittaker,

Jon Borland and Ken Fischer

Re-Recording Mixers - Nathan Nance

and Michael Semanick

Foley Artists - John Roesch and

Shelley Roden
Music - Thomas Newman

Executive Music Producer - Chris Montan

Music Supervisor - Tom MacDougall

Review

In 2015, Inside Out proved that the fledging company Pixar is back on track to produce high-quality animated features with meaningful plots and colourful characters. However, after the less-than-successful The Good Dinosaur, it wasn't over in 2016, a sequel released by Pixar that isn't part of the Toy Story series as FINDING DORY. The new sequel revolves around the iconic but goofy and forgetful fish character from the original Finding Nemo, who embarks on a discovery to reunite with her long-lost family. It may seem like an attempt to shoehorn a breakout character to be the main protagonist, as it has happened before with that hick tow-truck Mater in Cars 2. I'm just glad these animators have learned their lesson. However, the story is much less meaningful compared to the first instalment. It still manages to create an emotional journey about reuniting with family.

I remember Ellen DeGeneres' voice as Dory in Finding Nemo as highly energetic. She continues to be that same character while portraying softer tones for dramatic scenes. Actor/comedic veteran Ed O'Neill plays an unfriendly octopus, Hank, with a big chip on his tentacle.

This picture may not win over a few bitterly disappointed fans who have grown up with the title character and its predecessor. I look forward to rewatching it on Blu-ray as it is one to add to the collection. I'm still not a big fan of FINDING DORY and Nemo, but it's a must-see film. It has been an intriguing review from RadDingo, over and out.

Star rating: (8/10) Very Good Movie

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