Dory finds friends in a grumpy but stealth Hank, an octopus missing a tentacle, the short-sighted whale Destiny and Fluke and Rudder, two goofy sea lions.
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Directed by Andrew Stanton (“Finding Nemo”, “WALL•E”), co-directed by Angus MacLane (“Toy Story OF TERROR!”), and produced by Lindsey Collins (co-producer “WALL•E”), Disney•Pixar’s FINDING DORY swims into theaters June 17, 2016.
In case you miss it, Pixar actually released an image with the Easter egg in it months ago. He said that one of the challenges was telling the story of Dory considering that he has short-term memory loss.
This one nearly as good as “Nemo” and while it’s hard to duplicate the success of total crowd pleaser, Dory comes close to as good as sequels get.
When Dory’s memories start flooding back, she frantically goes back to the place where she first lost her parents, but they are nowhere to be found.
FINDING DORY is amusing, smart, and heartwarming.
Early indications show that Disney has a blockbuster that may perform as well as 2003’s original “Finding Nemo”, the fish tale of a father looking for his son, which grossed $936.7 million globally and won the Academy Award for best animated feature.
When she arrives at an animal rehab facility named Marine Life Institute, Dory meets an eclectic cast of characters who help her. Ed O’Neill (who plays the often grouchy Modern Familypatriarch) appropriately voices a crabby octopus here. But in a nice change of pace from the majority of animated films, there really is no enemy to conquer; there are just odds to beat, and situations to keep swimming through. You’re going to do whatever they have in front of you until there’s nothing in front of you, you know? Piper, like most Pixar shorts, is dialogue-free; and, like most of Pixar shorts, is borderline brilliant and just about worth the price of admission on its own.
But if there’s one thing that truly lights up the movie, even in its darkest moments, it’s the blue tang fish’s positive attitude and her hope that things will get better.
While it doesn’t quite match the perfection of Finding Nemo, it’s hard to quibble about anything in Finding Dory.
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With Marlin and Nemo relegated to supporting roles this time around, it’s up to the new characters to shine, and boy, do they. Of course, since it’s been thirteen years, the actor who voiced Nemo can no longer do the same voice so they had to find a new kid.
