★★☆☆☆
Finding Dory is a spin-off to one of the highly acclaimed animated films of all time, Finding Nemo. It’s a story about the iconic and forgetful Dory in search to find her family who she lost when she was young.
I remember watching Finding Nemo: and even though I mostly forgot some scenes (as I only watched it twice), there’s only ONE thing that lingered to me up to this very day, and to which that thing is exactly what highly lacks in the sequel Finding Dory: the feels.
Although it also suffered from the story quite a bit, the emotions swirling throughout the film was present but wasn’t strong enough for me to become sympathetic towards the characters. And for me, Finding Nemo was all about the heartily emotions that can’t stop you from crying or feel melancholic because Nemo, Marlin and Dory were incredibly developed. It was maybe due to the fact that the scenes felt rushed that I can’t feel the connection to the characters.
It somehow also bored me in the middle part as well, yet picks up on the hilarity during the climax part.
Nevertheless, the fun was still there and the adventures were still enough to keep me from getting my phone to see a nonexistent text.
The Beluga whale named Bailey was, for me, the funniest of all. His low self-trust at first was adorable and upon discovering his ability to echolocate had me laughing my ass out like I’m losing my breath.
Anyway, the kids will love it even though the concept and comedy was most of the times for adult’s understanding, but the visuals and the concept of family will surely be enjoyed by the kids.
