Review of Zootopia (2016) by Brunovn00 — 11 Oct 2019

Zootopia is fine. It's not a masterpiece, nor a terrible movie, it's not obnoxious and annoying like an Illumination movie by any means, but it's far from Disney's best work. I will not deny that Zootopia, the city, actually feels like another character. It is filled with creative concepts and ideas. The animation is great, as expected from Disney and the characters are filled with tons of personality thanks to creative character design. They aren't cute for the sake of being cute nor look like generic animal characters like some other animated movie with cute animals that came out the same year (CofcofSingcofcof) and the story actually takes advantage of the fact that they are animals. Also, this is a really funny movie. I always have a blast with this movie everytime I watch it, there are so many genuinely funny moments that I really enjoyed. Nick and Judy, the main characters, have a great dynamic, and are so fun to watch together. For the most part it is well written...For the most part, I said. My problems with this movie are with the script. The social commentary and the racism allegories are soooo on the nose and obvious, you might think that "it's okay because it's a kids movie", but I disagree, because there are kids movies with subtle social commentary and parallels to the real world, like Chicken Run, I mean it's not like they had a character explain to the audience that they are in a concentration camp or something, and that is how Zootopia feels. It gets so on the nose at one point that it becomes cheesy instead of shocking. I was also not a really big fan of some obvious furry pandering stuff, like the animal nudist club scene or the weirdly sensual dancing tigers at the dancing number at the end, those moments were awkward...Speaking about that, I hated the ending, it was so cringeworthy. It ended great but no...They needed a dance scene, because that is DEFINETLY not an animated kids movie cliché!

Overall, I don't hate this movie. It's pretty good actually, but definetly not a great movie. I agree with people that say that it didn't deserve the Oscar, it should've gone to Moana, which is a far superior film in almost every aspect.