Finding Dory

The central irony of Finding Dory is that Dory is a risk-taker trapped in a movie that, for all its likability, won't join her on whimsical leaps.

Who would have thought one of the deepest films ever made about learning disabilities would star a talking blue fish?

Much like its titular character, it keeps swimming, and in doing so teaches all of us life lessons that we likely already knew yet still could use to revisit all the same.

Before a somewhat cluttered conclusion, Finding Dory is a truly touching film, graceful in its exploration of identity, family, and the way they intersect.

Finding Dory is inferior to Finding Nemo (and both Toy Story sequels). Those films are tesseracts, this one's a cube. That said, to label it average somehow misses the point.

It is approached with such charm and warmth that it hardly matters that the two films share such similar arcs.

Maybe not one of Pixar’s best movies, but one of their most valuable ones.

With Finding Dory, at least that glass stays mostly full of heart and humor, and that's enough to just keep swimming...

Finding Dory does feel like a small step down from the studio, but only because they set the standard so high.

Finding Dory is a film full of fun but also very emotional moments, for both children and adults. Like Free Willy (1993), the film is in favor of the release of animals in captivity under the motto “rescue, rehabilitation and liberation.”