Review of Zootopia (2016) by Ydnar4 — 08 Mar 2016

Zootopia is the best Disney animated film that I have seen in a long time. This is a movie that works for everyone. It doesn't matter if you're 4 years old or 40 years old.

I love the characters. They did such a great job of building up Judy Hopps from the moment she comes on screen so we love her almost immediately. I think she is going to go down and I think I will remember her as one of my favorite Disney characters. One thing that Disney has done so well with their animated films is casting. They don't ever feel like they needs to stuff their animated films to the brim with big name voices in order to be successful they just hunt for the voices who fit their characters. Ginnifer Goodwin (who I never even heard of before this movie) made such a great voice for Judy Hopps and I can say with confidence that Jason Bateman was the perfect choice for Nick Wilde.

Disney just aced the animation. It is so beautiful and I watched this film with a friend in a theater packed with children and their parents and I think my friend and I had the most fun during the screening. I think it could have been a bit funnier but I thought that it was just the right length despite being one of the longest running Disney films to date. I think Zootopia is a early candidate for best animated film of the year.