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FINDING NEMO IS A STORY ABOUT A CLOWN FISH THAT IS ABDUCTED FROM HIS HOME OFF OF THE GREAT BARRIER REEF OF AUSTRALIA AND HIS FATHER’S SEARCH TO RESCUE HIM AND BRING HIM HOME. ON BOTH OF THEIR JOURNEYS THEY RUN INTO SEVERAL CRISES IN WHICH THEY ARE ABLE TO OVERCOME WITH HELP FROM SOME NEW FRIENDS THEY MEET ALONG THE WAY. NEMO EXPERIENCES AN OUT OF THE OCEAN ADVENTURE AFTER HE IS CAUGHT AND RELEASED INTO A FISH TANK INSIDE A DENTIST OFFICE THAT OVERLOOKS THE HARBOR. HE BEFRIENDS SEVERAL COLORFUL AND INTERESTING CHARACTERS THAT RESIDE IN THE TANK. ALL OF HIS NEW FRIENDS SHARE A COMMON GOAL OF ESCAPE AND TO BE FREE. NEMO LEARNS NEW VALUABLE LIFE LESSONS AND REACHES A NEW DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONE WHILE ON HIS JOURNEY. MARLIN, HIS FATHER, EXPERIENCES A WHOLE NEW WORLD IN HIS UNDERWATER SEA ADVENTURE FACING ONE CRISIS AFTER THE OTHER. HE TOO ENCOUNTERS SEVERAL NEW AND DIFFERENT ANIMALS, SOME OF WHICH, HE NEVER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT MEETING OVER HIS LIFETIME. MARLIN MEETS A FEMALE BLUE TANG NAMED DORY THAT HAS SHORT TERM MEMORY LOSS. SHE HAS A GOOD HEART AND INTENDS TO HELP MARLIN FIND HIS SON, ONLY IF SHE CAN REMEMBER. THIS IS A BRIGHT, COLORFUL AND BRILLIANT MOVIE FILLED WITH INTERESTING CHARACTERS FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES TO ENJOY. THE WRITER/DIRECTOR OF THE SCREENPLAY ANDREW STANTON USES SEVERAL DIFFERENT SITUATIONS AND COMIC RELIEF THAT ADULTS CAN RELATE TO AND APPRECIATE AS WELL.

THE MOVIE BEGINS WITH A LOVING CLOWNFISH COUPLE MARLIN AND CORAL WHO ARE EXPECTING PARENTS. THEY HAVE OVER 400 EGGS AND MARLIN WANTS TO NAME HALF OF THEM MARLIN JR’S AND THE OTHER HALF CORAL JR’S. HIS WIFE CORAL LIKES THE NAME NEMO AND WOULD LIKE TO NAME AT LEAST ONE NEMO. (2:10) IN A TRAGEDY MARLIN LOSES HIS WIFE AND ALL BUT ONE OF HIS UNBORN CHILDREN TO A BARRACUDA. HE CHOOSES TO NAME THEIR SON NEMO AFTER CORAL’S WISHES AND PROMISES TO NEVER LET ANYTHING HAPPEN TO HIM. (4:30) DUE TO THE TRAGEDY AND NEMO HAVING AN UNDEVELOPED FIN, MARLIN BECOMES AN OVERPROTECTIVE PARENT WITH AN AUTHORITARIAN PARENTING STYLE.(PAGE 221) FOR EXAMPLE, NEMO FALLS OUT OF THE ANEMONE WHEN HE’S EXCITED ABOUT GOING TO SCHOOL AND GETS STUCK IN A HOLE OUTSIDE. MARLIN TELLS HIM HE’LL NEVER GET OUT HIMSELF AND THAT HE WOULD DO IT INSTEAD OF LETTING HIM TRY. (05:37) MARLIN EMPHASIZES TO NEMO THAT THE OCEAN ISN'T SAFE AND HE MUST CHECK OUTSIDE OF THEIR ANEMONE SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE LEAVING. (06:35) ON THEIR WAY FOR NEMOS FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL MARLIN STOPS NEMO AT AN INTERSECTION AND HOLDS HIS FIN UNTIL THEY REACH THE SCHOOL DROP OFF SPOT. (07:18-08:10) NEMO THEN WOULD LIKE TO PLAY WITH THE OLDER FISH AND MARLIN WOULD PREFER HE PLAY ON THE SAFE SPONGE BEDS WITH THE BABIES. (08:37) IN THESE FEW EXAMPLES MARLIN SHOWS THAT HE IS IN HIGH DEMAND OF CONTROL.MARLIN ALSO FALLS INTO ERIKSON’S PSYCHOSOCIAL STAGE OF GENERATIVITY VERSES STAGNATION.(PAGE 30) MARLIN MEETS THREE FATHERS OF NEMO’S CLASSMATES BOB, TED AND BILL. BOB SHOWS AN AUTHORITARIAN PARENTING STYLE.(PAGE 221) HE IS VERY FIRM AND YELLS AT HIS SON SHELDON FOR PLAYING IN MR. JOHANSON’S YARD. WHEN NEMO MEETS THE CHILDREN SHELDON, PEARL AND TAD HE ESTABLISHES A SOCIAL STATUS.(PAGE 292) AT FIRST PEARL SAYS “WHATS WRONG WITH HIS FIN” AND TAD SAYS “HE LOOKS FUNNY.” THOUGH SHELDON DIDN’T SAY ANYTHING, HIS FATHER BOB SMACKS HIM SAYING “BE NICE, IT’S HIS FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.” (08:53) MARLIN LETS THEM KNOW HE WAS BORN WITH IT AND IT’S CALLED HIS “LUCKY FIN.” THEY ARE ACCEPTING OF NEMO AND PEARL LETS HIM KNOW ONE OF HER TENTACLES IS SHORTER THAN THE REST. MARLIN TELLS MR. RAY (THE TEACHER) THAT NEMO HAS A LITTLE FIN AND NEEDS BREAKS FROM SWIMMING FROM TIME TO TIME. MR. RAY TAKES THE CHILDREN TO THE DROP OFF AND HERE NEMO FOLLOWS THREE OTHER FISH THAT STRAY AWAY FROM THE GROUP TO THE EDGE AND LOOK AT A BOAT OUT IN THE OPEN WATER. NEMO FACES PEER PRESSURE WHEN THE OTHERS VENTURE OUT INTO THE OPEN SEA ASKING HIM HOW FAR CAN HE GO? THIS PART OF THIS FILM ALLOWS YOU TO GET A PEAK OF NEMO’S SUPEREGO. FREUD EXPLAINED IT AS THE PART OF THE PERSONALITY THAT IS THE MORAL JUDGE.(PAGE 27) AT THE VERY MOMENT, NEMO WAS TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND EXPLAIN TO THEM THAT HIS FATHER SAID IT WASN’T SAFE, MARLIN COMES INTO VIEW SCOLDING NEMO. EMBARRASSED BY HIS DAD’S INTRUSION AND TELLING HIM HE DOESN’T SWIM WELL AND THAT HE WILL START SCHOOL IN ANOTHER YEAR OR TWO..NEMO REPLIES WITH, “I HATE YOU.” (13:20) ERIKSON’S PSYCHOSOCIAL STAGE OF AUTONOMY VERSES SHAME AND DOUBT IS SEEN HERE AS WELL AS TRUST VERSE MISTRUST.(PAGE 30) NEMO FEELS HIS FATHER DOESN’T TRUST HIM AND HE IS SAYING “NO” TO HIS FATHER AND DEMANDING TO MAKE MORE CHOICES ON HIS OWN. ACCORDING TO ERIKSON, THE KEY TO A HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT DURING THIS PERIOD IS A BALANCE BETWEEN THE CHILD’S EMERGING SKILLS AND DESIRE FOR AUTONOMY AND THE PARENT’S NEED TO PROTECT THE CHILD AND CONTROL THE CHILD’S BEHAVIOR.(PAGE 208) WHEN THE TEACHER COMES OVER TO MEDIATE, NEMO DEFIANTLY SWIMS INTO THE OPEN SEA TO TOUCH THE BOAT. (14:17) KOHLBERG’S PRECONVENTIONAL STAGE IS SHOWN HERE AS WELL.(PAGE 350) AS MARLIN IS YELLING AT NEMO IN REGARDS TO HAVING TO SWIM OUT AND GET HIM BEFORE ANOTHER FISH DOES AND HIM RETURNING TO HIS FATHER TO BE PUNISHED, A DIVER APPEARS AND SCOOPS NEMO UP INTO A NET. MARLIN SWIMS AFTER THE BOAT FRANTICALLY IN AN ATTEMPT TO SAVE HIS ONLY SON FROM THIS TRAUMATIC CRISIS BUT EVENTUALLY LOSES THE BOAT.

MARLIN SETS OUT INTO THE OPEN SEA SEEKING HELP FROM ANYONE THAT HAS SEEN THE BOAT. MARLIN RUNS INTO DORY (A BLUE TANG) THAT HAS SEEN THE BOAT AND TELLS HIM TO FOLLOW HER. MARLIN REGAINS HOPE AND THANKS HER FOR HELPING. (16:50) DORY REVEALS TO MARLIN THAT SHE HAS SHORT TERM MEMORY LOSS WHEN SHE FORGETS THAT SHE WAS HELPING HIM FIND THE BOAT.(18:08) MARLIN AND DORY MEET BRUCE (A MASCULINE GREAT WHITE) THAT TAKES THEM TO A MEETING WITH TWO OTHER SHARKS, ANCHOR (HAMMERHEAD) AND CHUM (TIGER.) THEY ARE THREE SHARKS THAT ARE ON STEP 5 (BRING A FISH FRIEND) OF A PROGRAM “FISH ARE FRIENDS, NOT FOOD.” THE AUTHOR IS USING COMICAL HUMOR GEARED TOWARD ADULTS THAT MAKE THEM ENJOY THE FILM AS WELL, REFERENCING THERAPY. (18:38) WHEN MARLIN SPOTS THE MASK THAT THE DIVER WAS WEARING WHEN HE TOOK NEMO, HE IS DISTRACTED AND TELLS THE SHARKS HE’S SEARCHING FOR HIS SON. THE GREAT WHITE SHARK BRUCE BECOMES UPSET REVEALING HIS INNERMOST REPRESSED FEELINGS STATING THAT HE NEVER KNEW HIS FATHER. WHEN DORY IS STRUCK BY THE MASK AND BEGINS TO BLEED, BRUCE’S TEMPTATION GETS THE BEST OF HIM, AT THE SMELL OF BLOOD HE CHASES MARLIN AND DORY IN ATTEMPT TO EAT THEM. (23:10) THE WRITER SHOWS THAT THOUGH THE SHARKS HAVE GOOD INTENTIONS, BAD HABITS DIE HARD. DURING THE ESCAPE MARLIN IS IN FEAR OF HIS LIFE AND DORY REACTS POSITIVELY NOT UNDERSTANDING THE DANGEROUS SITUATION DUE TO HER DISABILITY. (PAGE 502) IN THE MIDST OF THE DANGER, MARLIN LEARNS DORY CAN READ AND DORY EJECTS THEM ON A TORPEDO INTO THE SHARKS MOUTH TO REGAIN THE MASK. AS BRUCE SLINGS THE TORPEDO OUT OF HIS MOUTH AND INTO A MINEFIELD MARLIN AND DORY ARE BLASTED BACK INTO THE SUBMARINE FOR COVER.

THE DIVER THAT TOOK NEMO IS A DENTIST IN SYDNEY AND HIS OFFICE OVERLOOKS THE HARBOR. NEMO IS PUT INTO HIS TANK AND HAS HIS FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH TANK FISH THAT HAVE A NUMBER OF PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES. JACQUES (A MALE SHRIMP) THAT HAS OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER (OCD) DOES ALL OF THE CLEANING(1:06:52)(PAGE 322), DEB (A FEMALE DAMSEL) THAT HAS MULTIPLE PERSONALITIES THINKS HER REFLECTION IS HER SISTER FLO, PEACH (A FEMALE STARFISH) THAT IS THE LOOKOUT, BLOAT (A MALE BLOWFISH) THAT BLOWS UP WHEN HE GETS STRESSED, GURGLE (A MALE YELLOWFIN) THAT LIKES THINGS CLEAN(1:06:58), BUBBLES (A MALE YELLOW TANG) THAT IS DELUSIONAL AND LOVES BUBBLES AND THE LEADER OF THE TANK GILL (A MALE MOORISH IDOL.) (26:03) ALL OF THE FISH ARE FROM DIFFERENT PLACES AND HAVE A COMMON GOAL TO BE FREE. THEY ARE ALL FRIENDLY AND VERY ACCEPTING. NEMO ALSO MEETS NIGEL THE PELICAN FOR THE FIRST TIME. NIGEL APOLOGIZES TO NEMO IF HE EVER TOOK A SNAP AT HIM SAYING ‘FISH GOTTA SWIM, BIRDS GOTTA EAT.”(28:19) TYPICALLY PELICANS EAT FISH; HOWEVER, NIGEL HAS BEFRIENDED THE FISH IN THE DENTIST OFFICE TANK. THEY HAVE LEARNED DENTAL LINGO DUE TO THEIR ENVIRONMENT. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF NURTURING IN THE NATURE VS. NURTURE DEBATE.(PAGES 6&7) ONE LEARNS FROM THEIR ENVIRONMENT AND IN THIS CASE, THE ANIMALS LEARN THE TERMINOLOGY USED AROUND THEM. THE DENTIST TELLS NEMO HE WILL BE A PRESENT FOR HIS NIECE DARLA FOR HER EIGHTH BIRTHDAY AND THE OTHER FISH DISPERSE EXPERIENCING ANXIETY JUST AT THE MENTIONING OF DARLA. THEY RETURN TO TELL NEMO THAT SHE IS A FISH KILLER AND KILLED FRECKLES THE YEAR BEFORE. NEMO PANICS AND GETS SUCKED INTO THE FILTER AND SCREAMS FOR HIS DADS HELP. GILL EMERGES AND TEACHES NEMO THAT HE CAN GET OUT OF THE SITUATION ON HIS OWN BY CONCENTRATING ON WHAT HE NEEDS TO DO. NEMO TELLS GILL OF HIS BAD FIN AND GILL REVEALS HIS AS WELL TELLING NEMO THAT IT NEVER STOPPED HIM. IT GAVE NEMO THE CONFIDENCE NEEDED AND HE ESCAPES THE FILTER ON HIS OWN. (29:53) NEMO EXPERIENCED AN IDENTITY ACHIEVEMENT WHEN HE REACHED HIS GOAL OF BECOMING UNSTUCK AND HAD A BOOST IN SELF-ESTEEM.(PAGE 342)

MARLIN WAKES AFTER THE BLAST AND HE AND DORY ARE HANGING FROM THE SUBMARINE THAT IS TILTING OFF THE CLIFF. HE WAKES DORY, THE SUB TILTS AND FALLS TOWARDS THEM. THROUGH THE DUST DORY DROPS THE MASK INTO THE TRENCH BELOW. MARLIN LOSES FAITH AND SAYS THE MASK IS GONE. DORY TEACHES HIM A LESSON SAYING THAT WHEN LIFE GETS YOU DOWN YOU HAVE TO JUST KEEP SWIMMING. THE AUTHOR HERE IS TELLING YOU TO KEEP GOING IN LIFE AND NEVER GIVE UP. MARLIN AND DORY TRAVEL TO THE DEEP TO FACE A MONSTER FISH AND OVERCOME ANOTHER CRISIS. THEY WORK AS A TEAM TO READ THE MASK AND TRAP THE MONSTER REVEALING NEMO’S LOCATION. DORY REMEMBERS THE ADDRESS THROUGH RECITING IT OVER AND OVER. (40:02-40:40) THEY SOON ENCOUNTER A GROUP OF FISH THAT DORY GETS DIRECTIONS FROM AND MARLIN REGAINS HIS HOPE. THEY FACE ANOTHER CRISIS WHEN SURROUNDED BY A SEA OF DANGEROUS JELLYFISH. MARLIN CONJURES A GAME TO GET THEM THROUGH THE JELLYFISH KEEPING DORY SAFE BY JUMPING ON THE TOPS OF THE JELLYFISH. HE MAKES IT THROUGH AND REALIZES THAT SHE DIDN’T AND GOES BACK FOR HER GETTING STUNG HIMSELF.

MEANWHILE NEMO HAS BECOME PART OF THE CLUB IN THE TANK AND THEY DEVISED AN ESCAPE PLAN. NEMO AND GILL ARE DISCUSSING THE PLAN AND HOW MANY TIMES THEY HAVE TRIED TO ESCAPE WHEN BUBBLES GRABS THE TREASURE CHEST TO COVER THE BUBBLES EMERGING AND GILL TELLS NEMO “FISH AREN’T MEANT TO BE IN A BOX KID, IT DOES THINGS TO YOU.” (48:40) THE WRITER SHOWS THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES THAT ONE CAN SUFFER FROM BEING KEPT IN SMALL SPACES. NEMO ATTEMPTS TO PUT A PEBBLE IN-BETWEEN THE FILTER FAN TO STOP IT AND IN RETURN THE TANK WOULD BECOME DIRTY ENOUGH THAT THE DENTIST WOULD HAVE TO TAKE THEM OUT AND CLEAN THE TANK. THE FISH WOULD HAVE A CHANCE OF ESCAPE TO THE HARBOR. UNFORTUNATELY, THE PEBBLE BECAME UNLODGED AND NEMO WAS STUCK IN THE TUBE OF THE FILTER. THE FISH COME TO HIS RESCUE WITH A PLANT FROM THE TANK AND PULL HIM TO SAFETY.

CRUSH, A SEA-TURTLE SAVES MARLIN AND DORY FROM THE FALL AFTER THE JELLYFISH AND TAKES THEM FOR A RIDE ON THE E.A.C. WHEN MARLIN ASKED CRUSH HOW OLD HE WAS HE SAYS HE IS “150 AND STILL YOUNG.” THE WRITER IMPLIES THAT YOU ARE ONLY AS OLD AS YOU FEEL. CRUSH’S PARENTING STYLE IS A MIXTURE OF PERMISSIVE AND AUTHORITATIVE.(PAGE 222) HE CARES FOR HIS SON SQUIRT HOWEVER ALLOWS HIM THE FREEDOM TO LEARN ON HIS OWN. FOR EXAMPLE, SQUIRT FLIES OUT OF THE E.A.C. (EAST AUSTRALIAN CURRENT) AND MARLIN WANTS TO HELP, CRUSH SAID TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT SQUIRT DOES. SQUIRT RE-ENTERS ON HIS OWN AND ALSO HAS A SENSE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT AND IDENTITY ACHIEVEMENT. (53:54)(PAGE 342)

NIGEL FINDS OUT FROM WORD OF MOUTH FROM DIFFERENT ANIMALS THAT MARLIN HAS TRAVELED ACROSS THE OCEAN FROM THE REEF ON HIS SEARCH FOR NEMO. IN THE DENTIST TANK, GILL APOLOGIZES TO NEMO AND APPEARS TO BE SUFFERING FROM P.T.S.D. (POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER) DUE TO BEING IN A FISH TANK FOR SO LONG AND SO MANY FAILED ATTEMPTS OF ESCAPE. (58:05)(PAGE 182) NIGEL RETURNS TO THE DENTIST OFFICE AND RELAYS TO NEMO THAT HIS DAD HAS BATTLED SHARKS AND JELLYFISH AND IS ON HIS WAY. NEMO REGAINS A SENSE OF HAPPINESS AND URGENCY AT THE THOUGHT OF REUNITING WITH HIS FATHER AND AGAIN PLACES A PEBBLE INTO THE FILTER. (58:55)

MARLIN AND DORY EXIT OFF OF THE E.A.C. AND ARE SWIMMING STRAIGHT TO SYDNEY. THEY BELIEVE THEY ARE SWIMMING IN CIRCLES AND DORY SHOWS HER OPTIMISM BY ASKING A WHALE FOR DIRECTIONS. SHE ASKED MARLIN TO TRUST HER AND THEY FIND THEMSELVES STUCK IN THE WHALES MOUTH UNKNOWING THAT THE WHALE IS ACTUALLY TAKING THEM TO SYDNEY. WHILE INSIDE, DORY IS ENJOYING HERSELF AND MARLIN IS HAVING A BREAKDOWN TRYING TO GET OUT, SAYING HIS HAS TO FIND HIS SON AND TELL HIM HOW OLD SEA TURTLES ARE. MARLIN TELLS DORY THAT HE PROMISED NEMO HE’D NEVER LET ANYTHING HAPPEN TO HIM. SHE RESPONDS WITH, “WELL, YOU CAN’T NEVER LET ANYTHING HAPPEN TO HIM, THEN NOTHING WOULD EVER HAPPEN TO HIM.” THE WRITERS INTENTIONS OF THIS IS THAT ONE MUST EXPERIENCE THE WORLD DESPITE THE OUTCOME WHETHER IT IS POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE. THE WHALE STOPS AND TELLS THEM TO GO TO THE BACK OF THE THROAT. AS THE WATER GOES DOWN, DORY AGAIN SHOWS HER OPTIMISM AS SHE SAYS THE WATER LEVEL IS HALF FULL AS OPPOSE TO MARLINS VIEW OF IT BEING HALF EMPTY.(1:11:36) NEMO LEARNS A LESSON OF TEAMWORK AS THE DENTIST TRIES TO REMOVE HIM FROM THE TANK WITH A FISH NET. GILL INSTRUCTS EVERYONE TO JUMP IN THE NET AND SWIM DOWN. (1:15:09) THE DENTIST PUTS NEMO IN ANOTHER BAG AND PLACES NEMO ON THE COUNTER. WHEN HE ATTEMPTS TO ROLL OUT THE WINDOW, THE DENTIST PUTS HIM IN A TRAY AWAITING DARLA’S ARRIVAL. DARLA IS AN EIGHT YEAR OLD WITH OBVIOUS AGGRESSION TENDENCIES THAT THE FISH FEAR. (1:15:40)(PAGE 232)

NIGEL SAVES MARLIN AND DORY FROM ANOTHER PELICAN THAT ATTEMPTS TO HAVE THEM FOR BREAKFAST AND THEN AGAIN FROM SEAGULLS THAT HAVE THE SAME INTENTION. HE ASSURES MARLIN THAT HE KNOWS NEMO AND WILL TAKE HIM TO HIM.

DARLA ENTERS THE OFFICE AND THE DENTIST PICKS NEMO OUT OF THE TRAY AND BELIEVES HE IS DEAD. NEMO WAS PRETENDING SO HE WOULD BE FLUSHED. INSTEAD HE HEADED FOR THE TRASH CAN. NIGEL ARRIVES WITH NEMOS DAD, FLIES INTO THE OFFICE AND THE DENTIST DROPS THE BAG NEMO IS IN WHILE CATCHING NIGEL. BEFORE HE DOES MARLIN SEES NEMO FLOATING UPSIDE DOWN AND THINKS HE’S DEAD. DARLA PICKS UP THE BAG AND STARTS SHAKING IT. GILL RISK HIS LIFE TO SAVE NEMO AND EJECTS HIMSELF OUT OF THE TANK AND ONTO DARLA. NEMO ESCAPES DOWN THE DRAIN AND GILL IS PUT BACK INTO THE TANK. (1:18:40)

NIGEL RELEASES MARLIN AND DORY INTO THE SEA AND MARLIN WISHES TO BE ALONE AND LEAVES DORY. NEMO EJECTS OUT OF A DRAINAGE PIPE INTO THE OCEAN FINDING DORY. SHE FORGETS WHO HE IS AND IS HELPING HIM FIND HIS FATHER. DORY READS SYDNEY ON THE PIPE AND HER MEMORY RETURNS. SHE HELPS NEMO FIND HIS DAD. THEY ARE REUNITED AND OVERJOYED. MARLIN REASSURES NEMO THAT EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OKAY. DORY GETS CAUGHT IN A FISHING NET AND NEMO KNOWS FROM EXPERIENCE HOW TO RESCUE HER. (1:26:40) MARLIN REALIZES THAT HE MUST LET NEMO GO WHEN HE INSIST ON SAVING HER. HE SHOWS HERE THAT HIS PARENTING STYLE HAS ALTERED AND IT BECOMES MORE AUTHORITATIVE.(PAGE 222) NEMO TELLS HIS FATHER TO TELL ALL THE FISH TO SWIM DOWN AND “JUST KEEP SWIMMING.” IT WORKS FREEING ALL OF THE FISH.

BACK AT THE REEF NEMO GOES TO SCHOOL BUT NOT WITHOUT EMBRACING HIS DAD AND TELLING HIM THAT HE LOVES HIM.

FINDING NEMO IS AN ANIMATED DISNEY PIXAR FILM THAT WAS RELEASED MAY 30, 2003. IT HAS WON SEVERAL AWARDS INCLUDING AN OSCAR, ACADEMY AWARD AND A SATURN AWARD FOR BEST ANIMATED FEATURE. CRITICS HAVE RAVED ABOUT THIS FILM. IN 2003 THE FILM BROUGHT IN AN ASTONISHING WORLDWIDE GROSS OF $867,893,978. ROGER EBERT OF THE CHICAGO SUN-TIMES SAID THAT “FINDING NEMO” IS A PLEASURE FOR ADULTS AS WELL AS CHILDREN. HE POINTED OUT THAT IN THE FILM THE FATHER IS THE HERO. TYPICALLY IN ANIMATED FILMS, THE HEROINE IS THE MOTHER. BOOK AND FILM CRITIC GENE SHALIT GAVE THE MOVIE AN ELEVEN OUT OF TEN, TWO THUMBS UP. HE BELIEVES IT’S HEARTWARMING, TOUCHING AND THAT THE CHARACTER DESIGNS ARE FANTASTIC. PETER TRAVERS OF ROLLING STONE RELATES THE CHARACTER OF NEMO TO A CHILD THAT LOST HIS MOTHER, GETS KIDNAPPED AND LEAVES HIS DAD TO FIND HIM BEFORE HE GETS HANDED OFF OR FLUSHED AWAY. TRAVERS STATES THAT IF THE CHARACTERS WEREN’T FISH AND IT WASN’T COMICAL, THE MOVIE WOULD BE TRAUMATIC. HE SAYS THE MOVIE IS A THING OF BEAUTY, HUGELY ENTERTAINING AND WAY COOL. LEONARD MALTIN, AN AMERICAN FILM CRITIC CHOSE FINDING NEMO TO BE ONE OF THE TOP TEN MOVIES OF THE DECADE. HE BELIEVES THAT ANIMATION FILMS IN GENERAL HAD A GREAT RUN OVER THE LAST DECADE BUT THAT PIXAR LED THE WAY WITH THEIR MASTERY OF EMOTIONS AND STORYTELLING IN FINDING NEMO MORE THAN ANY OTHER. HE SAID IT WAS PACKED WITH VISUAL WONDERS, COLORFUL CHARACTERS AND MEMORABLY FUNNY BITS OF BUSINESS.

WORKS CITED __BOOK__ BOYD, DENISE AND BEE, HELEN. //LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT: FIFTH EDITION//. BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS: ALLYN & BACON 2009,2006,2003

__INTERNET__ BOX OFFICE MOJO, “FINDING NEMO” //IMDb.COM, INC//. http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=findingnemo.htm

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2011 MALTIN, LEONARD “THE TEN BEST FILMS OF THE DECADE” DAILY MOTION, 11 MAR 2011, //PUBLISHED BY HULU//, 5 APR http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xijkj3_maltin-on-movies-the-10-best-films-of-the-decade_shortfilms

SHALIT,GENE (TODAY SHOW), “FINDING NEMO” YAHOO VOICES-YAHOO CONTRIBUTOR NETWORK, 11 DEC. 2006, //PUBLISHED BY MICHAEL CARDIOSK// http://voices.yahoo.com/finding-nemo-review-131217.html

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__MOVIE__ “//FINDING NEMO//” DVD. DIRECTED BY ANDREW STANATON AND LEE UNKRICH. 2003; BURBANK, CA: //BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT//. WALT DISNEY PICTURES

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