Andrew Stanton, who helped write Toy Story and Monsters, Inc., co-wrote and directed this computer-animated comedy-adventure about finding a very small fish in a very large ocean. Marlin (voice of Albert Brooks) is a more-than-slightly paranoid Clown Fish who is extremely devoted to his young son, Nemo (voice of Alexander Gould), the only survivor after an undersea predator swallowed up Nemo's mother and her other offspring. It's not Marlin's nature to explore unfamiliar waters, but when he and Nemo are accidentally separated near the Great Barrier Reef en route to Nemo's first day of fish school, Marlin gathers his courage and sets out to find his son. What Marlin doesn't know, however, is that while Nemo was looking at a boat passing on the surface, he was caught in a net and given a new home in a dentist's aquarium. As Marlin searches for his son, he makes friends with a friendly but absent-minded Regal Blue Tang named Dory (voice of Ellen DeGeneres), a Great White Shark named Bruce (voice of Barry Humphries) who is trying to cut fish out of his diet, a beach-rat Sea Tortoise named Crush (voice of Andrew Stanton), and Nigel (voice of Geoffrey Rush), a Pelican who can take Marlin's search from the ocean to dry land. Finding Nemo's impressive voice cast also includes Willem Dafoe, Allison Janney, Eric Bana, Stephen Root, and Brad Garrett. Mark Deming, Rovi
- Genre: Kids and Family
- Category Adventure Comedy, Family-Oriented Adventure
- Theme: Heroic Mission, Daring Rescues, Getting Along, Finding a Way Back Home, Fathers and Sons, Body Image and Self-Esteem
- Studio: Walt Disney
- Run Time: 01 hr 40 min
- Language: English, French, Spanish
- Subtitle Language: French, Spanish, English
- Picture Format: widescreen
- Release Date: December 4, 2012
- Lead Actor: Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould, Willem Dafoe, Brad Garrett
- Supporting Actor: Erik Per Sullivan, Allison Janney, Austin Pendleton, Stephen Root, Vicki Lewis, Joe Ranft, Geoffrey Rush, Andrew Stanton, Elizabeth Perkins, Nicolas Bird, Bob Peterson, Barry Humphries, Eric Bana, Bruce Spence, Bill Hunter, LuLu Ebeling, Jordy Ranft, Erica Beck, John Ratzenberger
- Director: Lee Unkrich, Andrew Stanton
awards
- Awards: Academy Awards (1)
- Winner: Academy Awards, Best Animated Feature, 2003, Andrew Stanton
- Nominations: Academy Awards (3)
- Nominee: Academy Awards, Best Score, 2003, Thomas Newman
- Nominee: Academy Awards, Best Original Screenplay, 2003, Andrew Stanton, David Reynolds, Bob Peterson
- Nominee: Academy Awards, Best Sound Editing, 2003, Michael Silvers, Gary Rydstrom
