Review of Zootopia (2016) by Thequietgamer — 11 Jul 2016

Like most of Disney's animated movies, it's a charming family movie filled with laughs that has deeper themes running through it in order to entertain and speak to audiences of all ages. For kids the message is about never giving up on your dreams and not letting others bring you down. For adults it's a powerful allegory for the evils of racism, sexism, and other forms of discrimination.

It's a really deep film. However, pushing past it's compelling themes it's also a very funny and charming movie. The animation is stunning and the voice cast is excellent. Presentation wise it knocks everything out of the park. It's also very sharp with it's writing as well. It's humor is on point and very clever. It's able to bring jokes any kid could laugh at and even squeeze in some more mature ones for the older audiences in ways the younglings won't pick up on.

The plot does hit some very familiar beats with it's story about a rookie cop with something to prove out to solve a tough case. There are twists here we've seen time and time again over the years. The sense of humor, heart, deep subject matter, and imaginative world do allow the movie to overcome it's plot familiarity. However the issue is still noticeable.

It ends up being very minor though. In the face of everything Zootopia does right, this stumble feels practically miniscule. It's another Disney movie with plenty to offer the entire family. It's a sweet, touching, and very mature tale that's most importantly funny. It's an all around success and a movie I have no trouble highly recommending to any and everybody.

9.