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Created Jun 07, 2017 05:11AM PST • Edited Jun 07, 2017 05:44AM PST

1. Quality

2. Summary

   Barely OK 2.0

   Pixar ain’t what they used to be, their once pristine profile sullied by second-rate fare and poor box office. Finding Dory was supposedly a rare victory for them, derivative sequel though it was. Turns out it’s also second-rate, especially compared to Finding Nemo, the wonderful movie from whence it sprang.

4. Acting

   Very Good 3.5

   Ellen DeGeneres is adorable in that Ellen DeGeneres way of hers. Everyone else in the large cast is wasted.

5. Male Stars Very Good 3.5

6. Female Stars Very Good 3.5

7. Female Costars Very Good 3.5

8. Male Costars Very Good 3.5

10. Film

    Pretty Bad 1.5

    These fish are more human than the real people at most public gatherings, meaning Finding Dory is guilty of extreme anthropomorphism, suggesting it’s more Disney than Pixar.

11. Direction Pretty Bad 1.5

12. Play Pretty Bad 1.5

13. Music Pretty Bad 1.5

14. Visuals Pretty Bad 1.5
15. Content

16. Edge

    Tame 1.3

17. Sex Innocent 1.4

18. Violence Gentle 1.3

19. Rudeness Polite 1.3

21. Reality

    Supernatural 4.0

22. Circumstantial Fantasy 5.0

23. Biological Supernatural 4.0

24. Physical Supernatural 3.1