Finding Nemo in 3D

Summer is ending soon and "Finding Nemo in 3D" is the last animated feature of the season. This is that much awaited 3D version of the 2003 original version that was simply a gem as this version is also.

A clown fish named Marlin (Albert Brooks) lives in the Great Barrier Reef and he ends up losing his son, Nemo (Alexander Gould) to a diver from a boat passing by and ends up in a dentist office in Sydney. So while Marlin ventures off to try to retrieve Nemo, Marlin meets a blue tang fish named Dory (Ellen DeGeneres), a fish suffering from short-term memory loss. The companions travel a great distance, encountering various dangerous sea creatures such as sharks, anglerfish, and jellyfish, in order to rescue Nemo from the dentist's office, which is in the Sydney Harbor. While the two are doing this, Nemo and the other sea animals which consist of Gill (Willem Dafoe), Bloat (Brad Garrett), Peach (Allison Janney), Gurgle (Austin Pendleton), and Bubbles (Stephen Root), in the dentist's fish tank plot a way to return to Sydney Harbor to live their lives again.

Others to round out the cast are Vicki Lewis as Deb/Flo, Joe Ranft as Jacques, Geoffrey Rush as Nigel, Andrew Stanton as Crush, Elizabeth Perkins as Coral, Nicholas Bird as Squirt, Bob Peterson as Mr. Ray, and Barry Humphries as Bruce.

This was brilliantly directed by Andrew Stanton ("A Bug's Life" '98, "WALL-E" '08, "John Carter" '12) and Lee Unkrich ("Toy Story 2" '99, "Monster's Inc." '01, "Toy Story 3" '10). It just clipped right along effortlessly. It was written by Stanton, Bob Peterson, and David Reynolds, based on an original story by Stanton. As I've stated before, how do these guys take such a simple premise-- a father trying to find his lost son, and make it poignant, relative, and fresh? Pure genius!

This film is already a great film and the 3D just made it even better.I'm not usually into the 3D process in a lot of films, mostly because I feel they put films in 3D to make more money, but this process actually enhanced the film. If you want to see more Pixar Animated Studios future work, look for "Monster's Inc." in eye-popping 3D come December, and expect to see "Finding Nemo 2" sometime in 2016. Aah, something to look forward to.

Out of 4 stars: 4                      Rated: G                    100mins.