It feels like a significant amount of time has passed since the initial "Finding Nemo," making it difficult to consider this installment as a true sequel; it’s more of a fresh start. The film centers around “Dory” during a school field trip, where she experiences unsettling feelings of familiarity. This triggers memories related to how she became separated from her parents. Driven by a desire to locate them, she seek…

What started as a minor gag in the initial film now forms the entire basis of this one, and it's played out far too often.

It’s amazing that a movie costing two hundred million dollars could earn over one billion worldwide—it was the twenty-seventh film to do so, and only the fifth animated feature. After thirteen years, this sequel arrived, which felt like a long time, but 'Finding Nemo' remains one of my all-time favorite animations; I can’t imagine anyone who loves animation wouldn't feel the same way. While I was happy about another …