Movie Review: Zootopia (2016)

Hello All,

    I apologize for the lack of updates over the week, I got all three new movies out of the way pretty quickly in the week so I decided to just relax on the reviews for the rest of the week. I did see Olympus Has Fallen, it was okay, would’ve been better as a straight up Die Hard movie. I might end up doing a side by side comparison between it and White House Down later on. I will do London Has Fallen later on in the week due to scheduling conflicts. So in the meantime let’s review the movie that’s 100% Rotten Tomatoes with 92 Reviews at the moment shall we?

Plot Summary - In a world where humans never existed, every modern animals dream is to move to the central city of Zootopia. A modern animal paradise where predator and prey exist in harmony, it is the dream of Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin) to become a police officer. The first bunny cop, when she’s given a chance to either solve a case 48 hours or retire, she seeks the help of Fox and hustler Nick Wilde (Jason Bateman) to solve the case.

Pros - The animation is fantastic to start. They manage to have a wide variety of animals on screen most of the time, and the world is perfectly built to accommodate all of them. It feels 100% natural, as they even have different parts of the city divided up into different types of environments, which adds to the variety of animation styles, and can allow for some interesting and hilarious moments. The story is really solid too, as it manages to just have the right levels of everything. No scene feels out of place, or tacked on, as it all eventually ties itself all back together. Even the moments that could be considered cliched are done in interesting and different enough ways that you really don’t mind. It even has a smart an interesting message at the center of the film, that while younger kids may not 100% pick up on, will still engage the slightly older ones and especially adults. The humour in it too is nicely balanced between adult and kid jokes, making I’d say 95% - 98% appeal to both groups. The characters are well rounded and likeable, even small characters have interesting traits. There are some really good casting choices in here (fun fact Tommy Chong is in this film, see if you can spot him) and it does allow you to get really invested in the characters. I honestly just enjoyed every moment of this film.

Cons - I got nothing.

Final Score - 10/10

Truthfully, this might be the best film that Disney has made in a while. I honestly enjoyed this movie to death, and I cannot recommend it enough. It’s so far beyond being just a family film that anyone can truly enjoy it and get something out of it.

Next: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot - It’ll probably be tomorrow, and London Has Fallen sometime later this week. If it’s taking too long for that, I might do the side by side comparison with White House Down.

Until then, I’ll see you folks at the movies.