Enjoying life with Marlin (Albert Brooks) and Nemo (Hayden Rolence), Dory’s (Ellen DeGeneres) life is perfect. However as childhood memories resurface, Dory know she has to find her parents. Follow Dory and the crew on a whirlwind adventure across oceans as the surf with turtles and escape a deadly once eyed monster. Thirteen years after the incredible Finding Nemo, Pixar has answered our prayers and realised a sequel. Finding Dory is a heart-warming and gripping adventure to discover the past. Directed by Andrew Staton, the returning Finding Nemo writer-director, this film portrays friendship, love and loss all at the same time. As the film starts, Dory is seen as a baby with her parents (Eugene Levy and Diane Keaton). Her parents, scared that dory will get lost some day, teach her rhymes and songs to remember the dangers of the ocean. The scene then drastically shifts showing dory travelling the ocean alone. She wanders around aimlessly until she meets a frantic clownfish by the name of Marlin in search for his son. But you already know that story.
Dory along with Marlin and Nemo cross oceans again in hope of finding her parents. Of course, nothing goes to plan. Some friends are lost and some new are found including a grouchy chameleonic octopus named Hank. Dory also discovers some old friends including a near sighted whale shark Destiny (voiced by Kaitlin Olson) and a neurotic beluga whale Bailey (Ty Burrell). Hank agrees to help Dory in return for her place in a permanent aquarium. These two partners show how a real friendship is made.
The graphics are incredible and the story is quite different with all its ups and downs. I’m glad Pixar waited thirteen years to realise this film because it could never have been as good.