Zootopia

Spanks – 5

Directors – Byron Howard, Rich Moore and Jared Bush (co-director)

Writers – Jared Bush & Phil Johnston

Voices – Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba, Jenny Slate, Nate Torrence, Bonnie Hunt, Don Lake, Tommy Chong, J.K. Simmons, Octavia Spencer, Alan Tudyk & Shakira

Release Date – 4 March 2016

MPAA Rating – PG

Run time – 108 Minutes

Zootopia is Walt Disney Animation Studios 55th Animated feature. It is a buddy cop movie set in the city of Zootooia, where all animals live together in peace. Judy hoops is a young bunny who becomes the first bunny police officer in the city. She is not wanted and the chief puts her on meter maid duty instead of putting her on one of the missing mammal cases. It’s not long before she is put on the case to prove she belongs, but needs the help of a con-artist fox named Nick Wilde. You could think of it sort of like 48 Hours, but for kids, rated PG, no murderer, bad language, or Eddie Murphy.

This movie is everything you would expect from a buddy cop movie except that it is animated. Not that you can tell because the “camera angles” are how a real movie would be. It follows the buddy cop formula, but it isn’t all predictable. It was written very well for little kids to enjoy as well as for the grow ups. The way all the animals were create is very funny because they act human, but all have traits that come out that are instincts of the species and that makes a lot of funny scenes.

The voices were perfectly cast, Jason Bateman is great as Nick Wilde and if foxes could talk they would probably sound like him. It is a very funny movie, Disney’s funniest since Wreck It Ralph. Zootopia is a great family outing for your family.