Finding family: Animated blue fish goes on journey back home
The lovable, animated Blue Tang who found Nemo and her family will be able to find a way into homes as “Finding Dory” is now available on Blu-Ray and DVD this week.
Dory (voiced by Ellen DeGeneres, “Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show” and “Finding Nemo”) suddenly awakes with flashbacks of her parents.
She then sets off on a quest to return to her family home to find them.
On her quest she meets several new characters including a septapus named Hank (Ed O’Neill “Modern Family” and “Married with Children”), Destiny a whale that she knew when she was younger (Kaitlin Olson, “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” and “The Heat”) and Bailey a beluga whale that has issues with his echolocation (Ty Burrell, “Modern Family” and “The Incredible Hulk.”)
The latest installment of the Disney/Pixar partnership received rave reviews from critics and audiences alike.
Peter Hartlaub of the San Francisco Chronicle wrote, “The sequel is filled with crowd-pleasing action, adventure and characters – sometimes too many characters.
But it rises above its crowded narrative with an intense emotional core, taking a protagonist whose affliction had been played mostly for comedy, and exploring the emptiness and loneliness of her plight.”
“Absolutely an amazing animated film which is also a great sequel. ‘Finding Dory’ delivers a fun, enjoyable, thought-provoking themes that certainly made the film good with amazing voice cast and fantastic animation made it one of Pixar’s best efforts,” wrote John Krisofer, a user reviewer on Metacritic.com.
The film has been a box office success with earning about $485 million.
“Finding Dory” is rated PG for mild thematic elements.
Other films on Blu-Ray this week include:
n “Carboard Boxer” starring Thomas Haden Church, Terrence Howard and Boyd Holbrook and directed by Nate Lee in this drama about a homeless man who is at the whim of a bunch of rich kids to fight other people who are down on their luck.
The film is not rated.
n “Bachelor Games” starring Charlie Bewley, Jack Doolan and Jack Gordon and Edward McGown in this adventure comedy about a group of friends on a bachelor party weekend in the mountains of Argentina who are murdered by a force called “The Hunter.”
This film is not rated.
n “Army of One” starring Nicolas Cage, Wendi McLendon-Covy and Denis O’Hare and directed by Larry Charles in this comedy about an American who goes on a solo mission to find Osama Bin Laden.
The film is rated R for language and drug use.
TV series out on Blu-Ray and DVD this week include:
n “Game of Thrones” the complete sixth season starring Peter Dinklage, Lena Heady and Emilia Clarke in this sci-fi drama about a civil war between two powerful families.
n “Better Call Saul” season two starring Bob Odenkirk, Jonathan Banks and Rhea Seehorn in this crime drama series about a criminal lawyer and the time leading up to establishing his “strip-mall law office.”
n “The Mindy Project” starring Mindy Kaling, Ike Barinholtz and Ed Weeks in this comedy series about the personal and professional life of a young Ob/Gyn and her unique co-workers.