Peter was called out to sea to save a ship that was in trouble. He left Nemo alone and headed out on his mission, but unfortunately, he didn’t return.
Nemo’s father has died, and she is sent to live with her father’s brother Phillip in the big city. ..
Nemo is now a student, and she has to attend school. Phillip is no longer her dad, and he isn’t as good of a storyteller. He doesn’t have the same spirit of adventure, and his conversations are often not interesting.
Nemo misses her father desperately and assumes that she will never see him again. But one night after falling asleep, her stuffed pig comes alive and she enters into the magical world of Slumberland, the place where we all apparently head to when we start to dream. For Nemo, this isn’t just a place of her subconscious, however. She discovers the world she has entered is real and after meeting with a roguish outlaw named Flip, she learns of a way to be with her father again in Slumberland. ..
In the movie, Nemo finds his father, who is revealed to be a fish. The two never meet again, but they are destined to be reunited in the end. We take a closer look at the movie to see what happened.
Who is Flip?
Nemo’s father used to tell her stories about his friend Flip and the adventures they shared together. Nemo assumed Flip was a fictional character and a figment of her father’s dreams, but when she enters Slumberland and the dream-like version of the lighthouse she grew up in, she discovers he is real when she finds him rooting around in her late father’s things. ..
Flip has chosen to stay in the dream world after falling into it three decades earlier. The Bureau of Unconscious Activities (BOSA), the agents who govern Slumberland, have been trying to hunt him down to stop him from entering other people’s dreams.
Flip is revealed to be a fake identity of a young man who has strong connections to his father. He still remembers him and has information that can help Nemo get back to him. ..
How can Nemo be reunited with her father?
After finding the pearl that can grant a user a dream of their choosing, Flip tells Nemo that she needs to find one of the pearls in Slumberland. The location of the pearls is on the dream map of Slumberland, which Nemo eventually finds. She discovers they are located within the Sea of Nightmares so that becomes the destination that Nemo and Flip must travel to.
In the beginning, we learn that Flip has a very strong connection to his father. He remembers him well and loves him dearly. However, as the story progresses it is revealed that Flip also has a much more personal reason for wanting the pearls. His dream is to wake up and remember who he was in the waking world. This means that he can finally be free from his past and be himself again.
Does Nemo find the pearls?
To get to the Sea of Nightmares, Nemo and Flip have to follow a path through various dreams. One dream takes place in a truck being driven by a young kid through a tall glass city, and another dream involves Nemo and Flip taking part in a ballroom sequence that is populated by people made out of butterflies. ..
Nemo and Flip are on the run from Agent Green, who is after Flip for breaching boundaries. Nemo also becomes a target of Green’s mission, as she is with Flip. They are also pursued by a giant squid, which Nemo had learned about when listening to one of her father’s stories. We later learn that the creature following them is a representation of the grief that won’t let go of her. ..
After having various adventures together, Agent Green finally catches up with them and Flip is locked up. During his imprisonment, Nemo returns to the waking world where she spends time with her uncle. ..
While watching home videos of her childhood, she notices that the “Flip” her father talked about in his stories was actually Phillip. This was no surprise to anyone who had noticed the connection between the two names. ..
Phillip has lost his sense of adventure because he is still stuck in the dream world. Nemo knows this and so he provides Flip with the pearls to help him return to the real world.
Nemo rescues Flip from captivity and they continue their journey to the sea but when Nemo tells Flip of his real identity, he decides he doesn’t want to wake up and be the boring person that Phillip has become.
Nemo’s journey for the pearls is halted when she is woken up by her schoolteacher who has discovered her sleeping in the basement.
Nemo runs away from home and ends up at her uncle’s house. There, she and Phillip argue and Nemo runs away again. This time, she gets a boat to use to get to her old home: the lighthouse. Unfortunately, she falls unconscious on the way there and slips into the ocean. In the real world, her life is in danger because she is slipping into the ocean. In the dream world, she finds a dream version of her father’s old boat within the Sea of Nightmares and inside, she finds pearls. Just as she finds them, a squid arrives but before it can eat her, Flip arrives to rescue her. ..
Does Nemo survive the ocean?
Flip manages to rescue Nemo from Slumberland, but she starts to feel ill. This is because her true self is falling into the sea. Thankfully, Phillip has called the coastal guard and travelled across the ocean with them to find Nemo. ..
Nemo uses the pearl she found to save Flip from a possible drowning. She wishes that her father would wake up so that he could help her. Phillip dives in and saves her.
Does Nemo find her father?
Nemo has used up the pearl’s power and returned Flip to Phillip, giving her uncle the sense of adventure that he lost many years ago. This is great news for Phillip, but Nemo has seemingly lost the ability to find her father. ..
Nemo is able to squeeze her pig and a pearl falls out. She uses that to make a wish and she is given the opportunity to be with her dad at the lighthouse. They spend the day reminiscing together and enjoying one another’s company before he asks her to keep an eye on his brother.
Nemo wakes up to the realization that life must go on without her father. She is grateful for the time she spent with him and is excited to start a new life with Phillip. They both have the courage to face whatever comes their way. ..
Slumberland is a dark and moody film that will keep you up at night. The story follows a group of people who are stuck in a deep sleep and must find a way to wake up.
