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Finding Dory
Her parents didn't try to fix how her brain worked. They left shells to help her find her way home. 🐚💙
Who it's for
Finding Dory takes a character whose short-term memory loss was mostly a punchline in Finding Nemo and centers the story on what it's like to live with it: losing track, feeling lost, and constantly worrying you are too much for the people around you.
Feelings it meets
What it is
Directed by Andrew Stanton with a screenplay by Stanton and Victoria Strouse, this Pixar sequel to Finding Nemo centers on Dory, a blue tang with short-term memory loss. When memories of her parents, Jenny and Charlie, resurface, she sets out with Marlin and Nemo to find them in California.
Where to find it
Rent or buy on major digital stores. Streaming availability rotates; check JustWatch.
Before you start
Heads up: A lost child and mild peril.
Age: PG (MPAA)
For nonconformity the world whips you with its displeasure.Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays: First Series, “Self-Reliance”
