Finding Nemo "Monsters, Inc."—Nemo treats family audiences to a sweet, resonant story and breathtaking visuals. It may lack "Monsters, Inc."s clever humor, but kids will identify with the spunky sea fish Nemo, and adults will relate to Marlin, Nemo's devoted dad." Bruce Westbrook of the "Houston Chronicle" gave the film an A-, saying ""Finding Nemo" lives up to Pixar's high standards for wildly creative visuals, clever comedy, solid characters and an involving story." Tom Long of "The Detroit News" gave the film an A-, saying "A simple test of humanity: If you don't laugh aloud while watching it, you've got a battery
Finding Nemo sophisticated wit raise "Finding Nemo" to a level just below the peaks of Pixar's "Toy Story" movies and "Monsters, Inc."." Terry Lawson of the "Detroit Free Press" gave the film three out of four, saying "As we now expect from Pixar, even the supporting fish in ""Finding Nemo"" are more developed as characters than any human in the "Mission: Impossible" movies." Claudia Puig of "USA Today" gave the film three and half out of four, saying ""Finding Nemo" is an undersea treasure. The most gorgeous of all the Pixar films—which include "Toy Story" 1 and 2, "A Bug's Life" and