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Movie Review: Zootopia

    I loved Zootopia (2016). It’s very wholesome. Disney is very good at making animated films that both kids and adults can both thoroughly enjoy. There are jokes in this film that only adult will understand and jokes only kids will understand. However, the majority of the jokes in this film can be understood by both parents and their children.
    I also loved the world the filmmakers built. The city of Zootopia seems like an actual functioning city. Every animal in the city serves a purpose within it.  Certain sections of the city also reflect the species of animal that lives there. In my opinion, Zootopia is worthy of a sequel based on this fact alone. A world this well detailed deserves to be revisited again.
    Zootopia also serves as a good message for young people about prejudice.  In the film, the predators are feared by the prey even though the prey tries to give the impression that they don’t fear them.  On the surface, it seems like Zootopia is a multicultural utopia, but underneath the truth is much more complicated.  The characters in this film don’t believe in stereotypes, but it turns out that the stereotypes the animals in Zootopia are known for tend to be true to a certain degree.  
     At the heat of Zootopia is the chemistry between Judy Hops (Ginnifer Goodwin) the first rabbit member of Zootopia’s police force and Nick Wilde (Jason Bateman) a fox who is a cynical con-artist.  The two are given forty-eight hours to find a missing otter.  Their partnership is basically a cuter version of 48 Hrs. Judy Hops is optimistic despite her diminutive size and believes that anything can be achieved if you try. Nick Wilde on the other hand has seen the seedier side of Zootopia and knows that’s not entirely true.  There two personalities clash throughout the film, but the two unlikely partners wind up forming a strong bond.
      Zootopia, is a fantastic animated film that I would highly recommend to any parent who wants to find a good movie for their kid to watch or for anybody who is a fan of Disney.
Overall Rating: ****

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