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Film Review: Finding Dory




The world's favourite forgetful fish has returned into our lives thirteen years after she made her first appearance in Finding Nemo. This lovable blue fish suffers from short term memory loss which has no doubt made you say "aww" in the past but will her disability become her strength in the quest to find her parents? Or will she just forget? To prevent this she enrols her trusty fish friends Nemo and Marlin to help her on her once in a lifetime adventure now she has been able to access some vital memories. But this emotional story really starts when she loses her friends and we witness the quest become so much bigger than originally planned as she hunts for her family and her friends hunt for her. Will they all find each other? Or will Dory forget why she started her pursuit?

Ellen DeGeneres returns to voice Dory in her own personal adventure through the water, with Albert Brooks returning to be her sensible friend Marlin. However the effects of puberty means that the original voice of Nemo, Alexander Gould has now been replaced by 10 year old Hayden Rolence. This adventure is set just a year after the end of Nemo's adventure when Dory realises that she lost her parents not long before helping Marlin to find his son. This film gives us an insight into Dory's previous life before she ended up in the ocean. We meet new characters who featured in Dory's childhood and new characters who help her along the way - I feel like being a fish wouldn't be that bad as a lot of the fish (and fellow sea creatures) are quite friendly and helpful.

Finding Dory is definitely a film that I laughed and cried at as I watched Dory be the best role model a fish could be to children as she never gives up no matter how hard people - well fish - try to tell her it isn't worth it. Her famous line "Just keep swimming" reiterates the importance of not giving up, even when what you're aiming to achieve seems impossible.  I definitely recommend seeing this feel good family film over the summer in order to truly appreciate a great Disney film.


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