Finding Dory (2016)

Finding Dory poster

Finding Dory (2016)


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate

Viewer Rating
7.8

Overview

Dory is reunited with her friends Nemo and Marlin in the search for answers about her past. What can she remember? Who are her parents? And where did she learn to speak Whale?


Starring Cast


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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Progressive

Primary

The film's central narrative emphasizes the importance of empathy, inclusion, and community support for a character with a disability, aligning with progressive social values, while also subtly advocating for natural habitats.

The movie features a visibly diverse voice cast for its animated fish characters, though it does not involve explicit race or gender swaps of traditionally human roles. Its narrative explores themes of disability and acceptance, promoting understanding of differences, but does not explicitly critique traditional human identities.

Secondary

Finding Dory does not feature any explicitly identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. A brief, ambiguous background scene with two women was interpreted by some viewers as a same-sex couple, but their relationship is not confirmed or developed within the narrative.

Finding Dory does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Therefore, there is no portrayal to evaluate within the scope of this framework.

The film is an animated adventure focusing on Dory's journey to find her family. While female characters like Dory and Destiny participate in action sequences involving evasion and problem-solving, there are no instances of a female character defeating one or more male opponents in direct physical combat.

Finding Dory is a sequel where all returning characters maintain their established genders from Finding Nemo. New characters introduced in this film do not have prior canonical genders to be swapped.

The characters in "Finding Dory" are animated marine animals, not humans. The concept of human race, and therefore a "race swap," does not apply to these characters.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.8

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
7.2
The Movie Database logo
7.0

Critic Ratings

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9.4
Metacritic logo
7.7

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