Finding Dory havoc, before crashing it into the sea, freeing all the fish. Dory, along with her parents and new friends, return to the reef with Marlin and Nemo. In a post-credits scene, the tank gang from the first film, still trapped inside their (now algae-covered) plastic bags, reach California one year after floating across the Pacific Ocean. They are eventually picked up by staff members from the Marine Life Institute. Prior to work on "Finding Dory", Disney had planned to make a "Finding Nemo" sequel without Pixar's involvement, through Circle 7 Animation, a studio Disney announced in 2005 with the intention
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