Summary
Nemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken from his Great Barrier Reef home to a dentist's office aquarium. It's up to his worrisome father Marlin and a friendly but forgetful fish Dory to bring Nemo home -- meeting vegetarian sharks, surfer dude turtles, hypnotic jellyfish, hungry seagulls, and more along the way.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
Skip it if
- You want dark or edgy material
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics a little warmer than audiences (+7)
Critics 90Audiences 83GoodWatch 86
Box office
10×its budget
- Budget
- $94 M
- Worldwide
- $940 M
Worldwide it earned $846 M more than it cost.
Running time
1 h 40 min
Longer than most animated movies, +11 min on the typical 89
typical 89100Half of all animated movies run 80–99 min.
Reach
Streams in 63 countries, rent or buy in 17 more
+53
Released
2003
May 30, 2003
23 years ago
Genres
AnimationFamilyAdventureLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Academy Awards2004
- Animated Feature Film2004Won
- Writing (Original Screenplay)2004Nominated
- Music (Original Score)2004Nominated
- Sound Editing2004Nominated
Critics' Choice Awards2003
- Best Animated Feature2003Won
BAFTA Awards2004
- BAFTA's Children & Young People Award, Feature Film2004Nominated
Rated
- GUnited States
Yes: it's rated G in the United States, and the viewing guide lists it for kids.
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesMild
Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFamily Movie NightFriends NightIntergenerationalKidsPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensComfort WatchDrop-in FriendlyPure Escapism69 people
Albert BrooksMarlin (voice)
Ellen DeGeneresDory (voice)
Alexander GouldNemo (voice)
Willem DafoeGill (voice)
Geoffrey RushNigel (voice)
Brad GarrettBloat (voice)
Allison JanneyPeach (voice)
Austin PendletonGurgle (voice)
Stephen RootBubbles (voice)
Vicki LewisDeb / Flo (voice)
Joe RanftJacques (voice)
Andrew StantonCrush (voice)
Elizabeth PerkinsCoral (voice)
Nicholas BirdSquirt (voice)
Bob PetersonMr. Ray / Additional Voices (voice)
Barry HumphriesBruce (voice)
Eric BanaAnchor (voice)
Bruce SpenceChum (voice)
Bill HunterDentist (voice)- LELuLu EbelingDarla (voice)
Jordan RanftTad (voice)
Erica BeckPearl (voice)
Erik Per SullivanSheldon (voice)
John RatzenbergerFish School (voice)
Directing · 6
- Andrew Stanton Director, Screenplay, Original Story
- Lee Unkrich Co-Director, Supervising Film Editor
- Jason Katz Script Supervisor
- Dan Jeup Script Supervisor
- Adam Bronstein Script Coordinator, Story Coordinator
- Rachel Raffael-Gates Script Coordinator
Writing · 6
- Bob Peterson Screenplay
- David Reynolds Screenplay
- Jim Capobianco Story Artist
- Ronnie del Carmen Story Supervisor, Storyboard Artist
- Will Csaklos Story Consultant
- Blake Tucker Story Manager
Production · 40
- John Lasseter Executive Producer
- Graham Walters Producer
- Mary Hidalgo Casting
- Kevin Reher Casting
- Matthew Jon Beck Casting
- Lindsey Collins Production Manager
Camera · 5
- Jeremy Lasky Director of Photography
- Sharon Calahan Director of Photography
- Jeff Wan Camera Technician
- Louis Rivera Camera Supervisor
- Cosmic Don Camera Technician
Editing · 12
- David Ian Salter Editor
- Axel Geddes First Assistant Editor
- Gabrielle Siegel Editorial Production Assistant
- Mary Beth Smith Negative Cutter
- Terry Claborn Color Timer
- Margaret Lily Andres Assistant Editor
Sound · 31
- Thomas Newman Original Music Composer
- Gary Rydstrom Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor
- Michael Silvers Supervising Sound Editor
- Shannon Mills Sound Effects Editor
- Robbie Williams Songs
- Al Nelson Foley Editor
Art · 10
- Ralph Eggleston Production Design
- Jerome Ranft Sculptor
- Ricky Nierva Art Direction
- Greg Dykstra Sculptor
- James S. Baker Concept Artist, Additional Storyboarding
- Anthony Christov Art Direction
Visual Effects · 79
- Angus MacLane Animation
- Tony Fucile Visual Development
- Doug Sweetland Animation
- Adam Wood Animation, Systems Administrators & Support
- Peter de Sève Visual Development
- Rodrigo Blaas Animation
Other crew · 171
- Steve Bloom Thanks
- Mary Coleman Thanks
- Kevin Nolting Second Film Editor
- Dylan Brown Supervising Animator
- Glenn McQueen In Memory Of
- Roger Gould Thanks
Tropes
More like this
Watch order
The Finding series
Film 1 of 2 · then Finding Dory
Similar
Most like Finding Nemo overall
Nearest on the related map: closest in everything it does to you, not one trait
Same genre


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