Gazing at fish swimming in a home aquarium can be very relaxing. Watching fish at the Adventure Aquarium in Camden, New Jersey, or the National Aquarium, Baltimore can be amazing.

"Finding Dory" is relaxing and amazing. It's like being inside the aquarium. It's comforting and meditative. Talk about "sleeping with the fishes." Not to worry. You won't be lulled to sleep. "Finding Dory" may make you want to scuba dive with the fishes.Compelling images, cute characters and funny dialogue and situations will hold your attention. The 3-D format, for which "Finding Dory" was seen for this review, creates amazing layers of visuals, including sunlight reflections, ripples of water and a dimensionality of computer animation heretofore not seen on the big screen.What's most interesting about "Finding Dory" is that there's not much story (much of it is told in flashback). And that's OK.The title is a bit misleading. Dory is trying to find her parents. A more accurate, less appealing, title would've been "Finding Dory's Parents." That's because it doesn't seem that Dory's parents are particularly looking for her. Maybe they gave up.The title, "Finding Dory" speaks more to finding oneself, as in getting to know oneself and gaining confidence. Being Dory means having to say, "I'm sorry.""Finding Dory" co-directors Andrew Stanton (director, "Wall-E," 2008; "Finding Nemo," 2003) and Angus MacLane (animator, "Toy Story 3," 2010; "Up," 2009; "Wall-E," 2008) have created an extraordinary film of animated beauty, based on a screenplay by Stanton and Victoria Strouse ("New Best Friend," 2002) from a story by Stanton.Look for "Finding Dory" to be the front-runner in the Oscar animation feature film category.The voice talent is terrific: Ellen DeGeneres (Dory, the blue tang fish with a "short-term 'remembery' loss"), Ed O'Neill (Hank the octopus), Marlin and Nemo (Albert Brooks and Hayden Rolence), Ty Burrell (Bailey the whale), Kaitlin Olson (Destiny) and Idris Elba, Dominic West, Eugene Levy, Diane Keaton, Kate McKinnon, Bill Hader, Sigourney Weaver, Allison Janney and Austin Pendleton. The score by Thomas Newman is lovely."Finding Dory" is one of the few theatrical movie releases so far this year that can be recommended for the entire family. It is really a gentle film, with little or no double-entendres, little or no violence and an overall cheerful, upbeat, happy tone.The animation is lush. Not only are the fish and other species depicted with incredible detail and movement, but the settings are, as well, with underground grasses waving and flowing.Arrive on time for the animated short, "Piper," depicting a young sandpiper, a parent and other critters during a day at the beach."Finding Dory,"MPAA rated PG (Parental Guidance Suggested. Some Material May Not Be Suitable For Children.) for mild thematic elements; Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Comedy; Run time: 1 hr., 43 min.; Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.Credit Readers Anonymous:Stay through the "Finding Dory" closing credits for some more wonderful animation. The Disney castle logo sequence is at the film's conclusion rather than its usual place at the start of a film.Box Office,June 24: "Finding Dory" did swimmingly in its second weekend, No. 1 two weeks in a row with $73.2 million, $286.5 million, two weeks, sinking the sequel, "Independence Day: Resurgence," opening at No. 2 with $41.6 million;3. "Central Intelligence," $18.3 million; $69.3 million, two weeks; 4. "The Shallows," $16.7 million, opening; 5. "Free State of Jones," $7.7 million, opening; 6. "The Conjuring 2," $7.7 million, $86.9 million, three weeks; 7. "Now You See Me 2," $5.6 million, $52 million, three weeks; 8. "X-Men: Apocalypse," $2.4 million, $151.1 million, five weeks; 9. "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows," $2.4 million, $77.1 million, four weeks; 10. "Alice Through the Looking Glass," $2.1 million, $74.5 million, five weeksUnreel,July 1:"The BFG,"PG: Steven Spielberg directs Bill Hader, Rebecca Hall, Mark Rylance and Jemaine Clement in the fantasy film about Sophie, a girl who encounters the Big Friendly Giant (BFG)."The Purge: Election Year,"R: James DeMonaco directs Frank Grillo, Elizabeth Mitchell, Mykelti Williamson and Ethan Phillips in the science-fiction sequel that takes place two years after the previous film. A presidential candidate vows to end the Purge."The Legend of Tarzan,"PG-13: David Yates directs Margot Robbie, Alexander Skarsgård, Ella Purnell and Samuel L. Jackson in the adventure remake of the Tarzan story, who after settling down in London returns to the jungle to investigate a mining operation."Our Kind of Traitor,"R: Susanna White directs Damian Lewis, Ewan McGregor, Stellan Skarsgård and Naomie Harris in the thriller about a couple caught in an espionage plot that involves the Russian Mafia and British Secret Service.Four Popcorn Boxes out of Five Popcorn Boxes