Making a splash!

IT took 13 years but Dory, Nemo & Co are finally back for another action-packed aquatic adventure.

Finding Dory is the second instalment in this iconic franchise and, this time, everyone’s favourite forgetful fish is on a mission to find her family.

Following on from the first movie, Dory begins having fragmented dreams and flashbacks of her life prior to meeting Marlin and Nemo, particularly of her parents. This sparks her into action and she sets off across the ocean with Marlin and Nemo in tow.

Sadly, along the way, Nemo gets injured, which leads Marlin to berate Dory and tell her forgetting is what she is best at.

Keen to fix the situation, she sets off looking for help but is picked up by volunteers from the Marine Life Institute – a facility that aims to rehabilitate injured fish and return them to the ocean.

Dory is taken to the quarantine section, where she meets a misanthropic, loner octopus called Hank. Hank just wants to be left alone, but he agrees to help Dory if she gives him her tag, which will enable him to go be moved to his own aquarium.

Meanwhile, Nemo and Marlin are hot on her heels (or should that be fins?) and meet a pair of sea lions who scheme to help them get into the facility and rescue their friend.

During the movie the audience learns more about Dory’s back story, including how she came up with the now infamous ‘just keep swimming’ rhyme.

As with Finding Nemo, the message in this film is simple, learn to accept yourself and embrace what makes you unique, classic Disney!

It’s a little strange that the film is called Finding Dory, when the movie is about Dory trying to find her family and remember more about herself ... it should’ve been called Dory Finds Herself, but I guess it doesn’t have the same ring to it.

There where many things about this movie I really liked, besides the obviously fantastic state-of-the-art animation. The characters are relatable and the film flows well, get it? Flows …

I really liked Hank because he reminded me of my brother – a self-confessed hermit. He values his solitude but is always there when you need him, albeit somewhat grudgingly.

The sea lions were my favourite characters, perhaps because of their British accents and overprotectiveness of their rock, which is particularly ironic when you consider the recent Brexit campaign.

There’s a great autonomous voice appearance from Sigourney Weaver that provides a few of the movie’s less obvious laughs.

This is a family-friendly film that is sure to keep youngsters (and the young at heart) entertained and it’s in a cinema near you soon.