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Finding Dory
2016 97 min United States of America PG 6+
★7.7
Adventure, Animation, Family
Director: Andrew Stanton, Angus MacLane
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Description
Dory is reunited with her friends Nemo and Marlin in the search for answers about her past. What can she remember? Who are her parents? And where did she learn to speak Whale?
Budget:
$200M
US Gross:
$486.3M
Worldwide:
$1.03B
Starring
Ellen DeGeneres
Actor
Albert Brooks
Actor
Ed O'Neill
Actor
Awards
Saturn Awards 2017
— Best Animated Feature
BAFTA 2017
— Best Animated Feature
Key opinion
Finding Dory is widely celebrated as a worthy successor to the original, successfully balancing nostalgic appeal with new emotional depth. While some critics feel the plot structure leans too heavily on familiar tropes, the film is consistently praised for its technical animation mastery and resonant, character-driven narrative.
| Production | The animation features exceptionally vivid colors and meticulous, realistic detail that brings the underwater world to life. | |
| Screenplay | The screenplay provides an unexpectedly emotional and poignant backstory for Dory, successfully transforming her memory disorder into the narrative's central driver. | |
| Acting | New characters, particularly Hank the octopus, provide compelling and rugged additions to the franchise's ensemble. | |
| Theme | The film balances complex, mature themes like trauma and isolation with the whimsical tone expected by younger audiences. | |
| Originality | Opinions on the plot's originality are divided; some appreciate the faithful return to the established world, while others feel the structure relies too heavily on repeating the successful formula of the original film. |