It’s sort of like Memento, but with fish and less killing.īrooke Really, Finding Dory is just a sweet follow-up to Finding Nemo. Anyway, Dory is more manic and zany than its predecessor, and not quite as good, but it also manages to build Dory into a fully realized, deeply sympathetic, and strong character, with the drive to press forward and accomplish her goals in spite of her limitations. I also think Pixar used the limited space to impose a sense of urgency on the plot, especially because a “let’s go find Dory’s parents somewhere in the ocean” story could have taken years to complete.Ĭasey And probably been much more sad. I especially like the beluga whale Bailey (Ty Burrell), who thinks his echolocation is permanently broken after a concussion, and the near-sighted whale shark Destiny (Kaitlin Olson).
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Meanwhile, her flashbacks become more frequent–and heart-wrenching–as she works through the aquarium trying to find where her parents once lived.Ĭasey Is it sort of weird that with a literal ocean of possibilities to choose from, Finding Dory spends even more time in human settings than Nemo did?īrooke Well, I thought taking Dory’s story to an open-air aquarium was a way to bring in interesting characters who don’t necessarily come from the same parts of the ocean, and who have their own disabilities and neuroses to overcome, which is a theme the series has returned to a lot. Dory is separated from her friends trying to get inside, but manages to get assistance from a cranky octopus named Hank (Ed O’Neill). Based on clues from her memory, the trio set off across the ocean yet again, eventually winding up outside an aquarium in Southern California being greeted by a recording of Sigourney Weaver (which is one of the best recurring jokes in the movie). After having lived with Marlin (Albert Brooks) and Nemo (Hayden Rolance) for a year and working on her short-term memory loss, Dory (Ellen DeGeneres) starts having flashbacks from her youth, and of her parents. Which, honestly, speaks more to the quality of the competition, because Finding Dory is still pretty good.īrooke Yeah, going up against Moana, Kubo, and Zootopiain the same year was no small feat, but this one is sweet and simple.Ĭasey It’s got the usual More! and Bigger! sequel trappings, including a freakin’ car chase, but Finding Dory also has some emotional payoffs that rival its predecessor’s and it builds an interesting, cohesive story around a character I wouldn’t have thought was capable of carrying it.īrooke So Finding Dory is the sequel to Finding Nemo and goes into Dory’s origin story. Casey We finally got around to seeing Finding Dory on Netflix, and it feels a little strange to say, given its pedigree, that it’s not close to being one of the 2016’s most interesting animated movies.