Finding Nemo

About

Finding Nemo is an American CGI-animated film series and media franchise produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios that began with the 2003 animated comedy-drama adventure film of the same name, Finding Nemo and followed by its 2016 sequel, Finding Dory.

Premise

Finding Nemo

Marlin (Albert Brooks), a clown fish, is overly cautious with his son, Nemo (Alexander Gould), who has a foreshortened fin. When Nemo swims too close to the surface to prove himself, he is caught by a diver, and horrified Marlin must set out to find him. A blue reef fish named Dory (Ellen DeGeneres) -- who has a really short memory -- joins Marlin and complicates the encounters with sharks, jellyfish, and a host of ocean dangers. Meanwhile, Nemo plots his escape from a dentist's fish tank.

Finding Dory

Dory (Ellen DeGeneres) is a wide-eyed, blue tang fish who suffers from memory loss every 10 seconds or so. The one thing she can remember is that she somehow became separated from her parents as a child. With help from her friends Nemo and Marlin, Dory embarks on an epic adventure to find them. Her journey brings her to the Marine Life Institute, a conservatory that houses diverse ocean species. Dory now knows that her family reunion will only happen if she can save mom and dad from captivity.

History

Finding Nemo

The concept for Finding Nemo is said to have been inspired by multiple experiences that Andrew Stanton, the director and co-writer of the film series who had previously worked on other Pixar animations like Toy Story, A Bug's Life and Monsters, Inc., has had as a child, and later, as a father, including a family trip to the aquarium at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in 1992 when he first noticed the vast potential behind illustrating the aquatic world in computer animation. In 1997, Stanton began writing the screenplay for Finding Nemo during the post-production of A Bug's Life, and by the time the production for Finding Nemo began in January 2000, the script for the film had been already completed. Over the course of the next two and a half years, a team of up to 180 crew members worked on the production, which involved visits to aquariums and scuba-diving sessions to study coral reefs in Monterey and Hawaii. The film was released on May 30th, 2003.

Finding Dory

Driven by the original film's commercial success and critical acclaims, the idea of making a Finding Nemo sequel began with Disney, which had become the parent company of Pixar Studio following its acquisition in May 2006. In July 2012, Deadline reported that Andrew Stanton started developing a sequel to Finding Nemo with Disney, which was initially met with ambivalent response from Stanton via his Twitter account on the day the news broke. In September 2012, Stanton confirmed that the project is in development as rumors of casting for the film began circulating the Hollywood entertainment news circuit. In April 2013, Disney officially announced the sequel film Finding Dory, with Ellen DeGeneres and Albert Brooks reprising their roles as Dory and Marlin. The film was released on June 17th, 2016.

Reception

Finding Nemo

Upon its premiere in May 2003, Finding Nemo became an instant box office hit and the highest-grossing Pixar production at the time, with a record-setting opening weekend earnings of more than $70 million in North America alone. During its theatrical run, the film grossed a worldwide total of $867.9 million, surpassing The Lion King to become the highest-grossing animated feature film in North America and worldwide. In addition to its commercial success, the film was met with universal critical acclaims, with Rotten Tomatoes giving it a 99% approval rating based on 254 reviews and Metacritic assessing a score of 90/100 based on 38 reviews. In 2003 and 2004, Finding Nemo was nominated for at least 32 awards and won 17 of them, including an Academy Award for Best Animated Film. In 2008, the American Film Institute named it the 10th greatest American Animated film ever made during their 10 Top 10.^[34]

Finding Dory

The release of Finding Dory was also met with commercial success in the box office and mostly positive reviews from the critics, with Rotten Tomato giving it an approval rating of 94% based on 197 reviews and Metacritic rating it a score of 77/100 based on 48 reviews.

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Related Memes

“Mine! Mine! Mine!” Seagulls

Mine! Mine! Mine!” Seagulls is a reaction image series based on a still shot of the Seagulls, minor antagonist characters in the 2003 Disney-Pixar animated film Finding Nemo, from a scene wherein the creatures surround the the protagonists Marlin and Dory and shout the word to mark their claims on potential prey.

Just Keep Swimming

Just Keep Swimming is a song sung by Dory that usually helps stuffs and that makes people move.

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