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 in years, thanks to the work of Andrew Stanton, possibly one of the most successful directors you've never heard of." Ty Burr of "The Boston Globe" gave the film three and a half out of four, saying ""Finding Nemo" isn't quite up there with the company's finest work—there's finally a sense of formula setting in—but it's hands down the best family film since "Monsters, Inc."" C.W. Nevius of "The San Francisco Chronicle" gave the film four out of four, saying "The visuals pop, the fish emote and the ocean comes alive. That's in the first two minutes. After that, they