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Finding Dory: Aquatic adventure runs deep

byStaff writers
23 June 2016
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Blue star: Animated character Dory, voiced by Ellen DeGeneres, appears in the movie Finding Dory. Photo: CNS/Disney

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Blue star: Animated character Dory, voiced by Ellen DeGeneres, appears in the movie Finding Dory. Photo: CNS/Disney
Blue star: Animated character Dory, voiced by Ellen DeGeneres, appears in the movie Finding
Dory. Photo: CNS/Disney

FINDING DORY: Starring Ellen DeGeneres, Idris Elba, Michael Sheen, Ty Burrell, Diane Keaton, Albert Brooks, Hayden Rolence. Directed by Andrew Stanton and Angus MacLane. Rated G (Some scenes may scare young children)

By John Mulderig

FANS of the 2003 animated adventure Finding Nemo have reason to rejoice – the long wait for a sequel is over, and the follow-up Finding Dory once again turns vast expanses of salt water into tasty taffy.

The result is a treat for movie-goers of almost all ages.

The buoyant new film’s entertainment value, moreover, is moored to solid morals.

Working with co-director Angus MacLane, writer-director Andrew Stanton sets the earlier picture’s trio of main characters on another epic journey.

This one is undertaken to reunite the absent-minded blue tang of the title (voice of Ellen DeGeneres) with her long-lost parents, Jenny (voice of Diane Keaton) and Charlie (Eugene Levy).

Accompanying Dory on her eventful quest are Marlin (voice of Albert Brooks) and Nemo (voice of Hayden Rolence), the father-and-son duo of clownfish she befriended in the first outing.

In fact, this can be seen as a tale of two families since Dory’s bond with widowed worrywart Marlin goes deeper than mere friendship, while the care she provides sprightly Nemo is distinctly maternal.

All of that is left largely unspoken however.

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Dory’s hunt eventually leads to the Marine Life Institute, a fictional aquarium on the coast of California.

There she gains the help of three more friends: curmudgeonly octopus Hank (voice of Ed O’Neill); Bailey (voice of Ty Burrell), a beluga whale with defective sonar skills; and near-sighted whale shark Destiny (voice of Kaitlin Olson).

Through it all, Stanton conveys life lessons about family loyalty, teamwork and the proper balance between courage and caution via a script full of gentle humour and appealing personalities.

But his most impressive achievement is the use to which he puts the various disabilities on display.

While these challenges are sometimes milked for comedy, at a more basic level Stanton portrays them to send an implicit anti-bullying and pro-life message to youthful viewers.

Objectionable elements are virtually absent.

During an underwater schoolroom scene, Dory – mistakenly believing that one of the kids has asked her about the birds and the bees – launches into a boilerplate explanation that only patrons of a certain age will understand.

She’s quickly cut off.

At a moment of danger, Hank instinctively releases a wave of black ink. 

Dory tries to relieve his subsequent embarrassment about this with a brief verbal reaction that the strictest might insist on identifying as a bit of potty humour.

On the other hand, the dangers lurking in the deep lead to brief incidents of jeopardy for our friends on screen that may prove too intense for small fry.

John Mulderig is on the staff of Catholic News Service.

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