Set one year after the original, this follow up centers on Dory.
Her ADHD makes her sympathetic, even if Ellen DeGeneres is not, given her buddying up to war criminal George Bush Jr. She's also compelling in her attempt to find her parents, and finds herself in a marine biology lab where the various sea creatures stand in for the patients of a hospital. Some are eccentric, others insecure about their ailments - at least one wants to remain institutionalized though he no longer physically needs it. All of them deserve our empathy.
Not everyone is neurotypical and it's extremely important to teach tolerance. This is exactly how to do it. It explores how difficult it can be to focus and recall, the joy felt when something comes back to you, the necessity for assistance, how it can help to use mnemonic devices such as songs, how other people treat you, including ones who at least a lot of the time have patience for you, and also the happiness you can spread. Like everything Pixar, it breaks your heart, makes you laugh, has something for everyone, is exciting, not to mention the animation. The colors, the shadow, the way that they simulate sunlight as it appears through the ocean. 8/10.
Her ADHD makes her sympathetic, even if Ellen DeGeneres is not, given her buddying up to war criminal George Bush Jr. She's also compelling in her attempt to find her parents, and finds herself in a marine biology lab where the various sea creatures stand in for the patients of a hospital. Some are eccentric, others insecure about their ailments - at least one wants to remain institutionalized though he no longer physically needs it. All of them deserve our empathy.
Not everyone is neurotypical and it's extremely important to teach tolerance. This is exactly how to do it. It explores how difficult it can be to focus and recall, the joy felt when something comes back to you, the necessity for assistance, how it can help to use mnemonic devices such as songs, how other people treat you, including ones who at least a lot of the time have patience for you, and also the happiness you can spread. Like everything Pixar, it breaks your heart, makes you laugh, has something for everyone, is exciting, not to mention the animation. The colors, the shadow, the way that they simulate sunlight as it appears through the ocean. 8/10.