Finding Dory
(USA, 97 min.)
Dir. Andrew Stanton; Writ. Andrew Stanton,
Victoria Strouse, Bob Peterson, Angus MacLane
Starring: Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Ed O’Neill, Hayden
Rolence, Kaitlin Olson, Ty Burrell, Eugene Levy, Diane Keaton, Sigourney Weaver
Pixar gambles hard with its 2003 hit Finding Nemo and wins big with the follow-up Finding Dory. Nemo,
arguably Pixar’s best film, leaves a very high standard for Dory to match, especially since Ellen
DeGeneres’s scene-stealing vocal performance as the blue tang with short-term
memory loss is easily the best thing about the Oscar-winning feature. Sequels
are risky enough, especially when such a great legacy is on the line, but
they’re even trickier when one modest element of a film must carry an entire
project. Can Dory make the move from supporting player to star? The answer,
unsurprisingly, is an absolute ‘yes!’ Dory just keeps swimming in this
adventure and she’s a scatterbrained delight.