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+ Best Movie of the Year
+ Best Adventure Movie of the Year + Best American Movie of the Year + Best Family Movie of the Year + Best Mega-hit Movie of the Year + Best Poster of the Year + Most Profitable Movie of the Year: 282.12 mil. $ range
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| A plush poster for Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich's Finding Nemo, filled to the brim with many of the film's fascinating characters |
Nemo is a clownfish in Australia's Great Barrier Reef, whose father Marlin only has his son to look out for, and so when Nemo gets caught by a human diver on his first day of school, Marlin - and Nemo - each do everything in their power to locate each other again.
Finding Nemo is written by Bob Peterson (Up (2009)), David Reynolds (The Emperor's New Groove (2000)) and Bostonian master co-writer/co-director Andrew Stanton (John Carter (2012)), who directed it with Ohioan master filmmaker Lee Unkrich (Monsters, Inc. (2001)).
Finding Nemo is one of Pixar's top films, - arguably their best since Toy Story (1995), - it is an incredibly full and vibrant adventure which billows with love for the art of animating as well as for great storytelling. All members of every family should enjoy this fantastical journey, - and find plenty of amusement and excitement in the anonymous meat-eating sharks, the stoner sea turtle, the poisonous jellyfish scene, the Sydney dentist's aquarium and all the deep and deliciously vibrant colors on display. The voice work is terrific, suiting the remarkable character works created for the film without fail, and especially Ellen DeGeneres (Doctor Dolittle (1998)) and Willem Dafoe (Opus Zero (2017)) give perfect (and very funny) voice performances. Finding Nemo is the oceanic animated adventure.
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Watch a trailer for the film here
Cost: 94 mil. $
Box office: 940.3 mil. $
= Mega-hit (returned 10.00 times its cost)
[Finding Nemo was released 30 May (North America) and runs 100 minutes. Production lasted from 1997 - October 2002. The film opened #1 to a 70.2 mil. $ first weekend in North America, where it spent another 6 weeks in the top 5 (#2-#1-#2-#3-#4-#5) and grossed 380.8 mil. $ (40.5 % of the total gross). The 2nd and 3rd biggest markets were Japan with 102.4 mil. $ (10.9 %) and the UK with 67.1 mil. $ (7.1 %). The 2012 3D-converted re-release of the film added 72.1 mil. $ to the film's total gross. Roger Ebert gave the film a 4/4 star review, equal to its rating here. It was nominated for 4 Oscars, winning for Best Animation. It lost Original Screenplay to Sofia Coppola for Lost in Translation, Sound Editing to Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World and Score (Thomas Newman (Skyfall (2012))) to Howard Shore for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. It was also nominated for a Golden Globe, 2 BAFTAs, won an AFI award, nominated for a European Film award, won a National Board of Review award and several other honors. It currently sits at #168 on IMDb's user-generated Top 250, between Come and See (1985) and The Deer Hunter (1978). The film's success had negative environmental impacts, as tropical fish aquariums boomed in sales, adding stress to the decimation of the world's endangered fish species and reefs. A great sequel was made with Finding Dory (2016), reuniting co-director Stanton, DeGeneres and Marlin-voicing Albert Brooks (A Most Violent Year (2014)). Stanton returned with WALL-E (2008), Unkrich with Toy Story 3 (2010). DeGeneres returned with 5 TV and a short credit until her next theatrical outing in Finding Dory (2016), Brooks returned in Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World (2005), Nemo-voicing Alexander Gould (Mexico City (2000)) in 4 TV and a short credit until theatrically in Wheelman (2005). Finding Nemo is certified fresh at 99 % with an 8.7/10 critical average at Rotten Tomatoes.]
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