The Screening Room

Finding Nemo (2003)

Date of first viewing: Saturday, May 31, 2003

Location: The Shattuck Cinemas in Berkeley with Michael

Yeah! Fun Fun Fun! And did I mention Fun? P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney. Marlin, a clown fish who can't tell jokes, (Albert Brooks) must find his son, Nemo, who has been captured by deep sea diving dentist, P. Sherman, before Nemo becomes gift to the dentist's headgear-wearing fish-killing niece. Marlin is aided by Dory (Ellen DeGeneres), a fish with short-term memory loss, Bruce (Barry Humphries a.k.a. Dame Edna), a shark in recovery from eating other fish, Crush, a 150-year old sea turtle surfer dude, and others. Of course, it's Disney, so you can't escape a certain amount of family values sappiness, but the hilarous jokes and quick timing make up for it.

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