 "Finding Nemo” Bubbles With Christian Values
Marlin, like many solo parents is over-protective, but finally allows his offspring to go off to school. Unfortunately, Nemo is fishnapped and ends up in an aquarium in a dentist’s office. The whole delightful story is based on Marlin’s desire to find Nemo, and Nemo’s attempts to escape the tank.
In keeping with Pixar’s history of quality animation and tight story lines (“Toy Story 1 and 2”, “A Bug’s Life” and “Monsters, Inc”), “Finding Nemo” delivers a wholesome story with a strong visual punch. There is a lot of adversity in the plot, but also a happy ending.
Christians will be quick to see that the film is filled with strong family values. Even Gill, the Tiger fish, voiced by Willem Dafoe, is a Christ figure. Is it an accident? No, says writer and director Andrew Stanton. In an ASSIST News Service interview with Ted Baehr, publisher of MovieGuide, Stanton said, “I’m a Christian, and so are most of us.”
There are about two dozen Ph.D’s who work for Pixar, more than at any other studio. They write their own computer programs to create animation magic, and their computer network rivals that of large government agencies.
Baehr said, “This seems like an ideal setting that would be ripe for the usual exploration of dark themes that seem to capture the imagination of many artists, but the themes at Pixar are not dark. The drawings are light and joyous. The stories are uplifting." | 
