Bring on the tough stuff. There’s not just one right answer.
- How does Marlin and Nemo's relationship mirror the way human parents and kids relate to each other?
- Do you think Marlin is being unreasonable by being overprotective of Nemo? After all, as we quickly figure out, the ocean is a pretty dangerous place.
- Do you think Marlin and Dory make a good team? One's a fish who can't forget his wife's death and one's a fish who can barely remember anything. In what ways do they need each other?
- Why do Gill and the Tank Gang want to get back to the ocean? Would living in the dangerous ocean really be better than the relative safety of the fish tank?
- What do you think of Dory's "Just Keep Swimming" motto? Do you think that's a good way to live your life? Or do we sometimes need a minute to stop and freak out about stuff?
- What does Nemo learn about his disability (i.e. his lucky fin) from Gill?
- How does Marlin's ocean adventure change him? How does it change Nemo? Dory?
- How would Finding Nemo be different if it were about a mother and daughter instead of father and son?
- Why do you think Pixar has such an awesome track record of churning out great movies? What if Finding Nemo had been a big fishy flop?
- Do voices make a character? What if William H. Macy was the voice of Marlin instead of Albert Brooks? What if Dory had been a boy fish as originally planned?