Zootopia

Zootopia

Rating 9 out of 10

I like to catch the animated movies when they come out.  I get to hijack one or more of my grandkids for the day and the kid in me have always loved the cartoons.  I would have seen this sooner had it not been for the painful trailer of the main characters going into the DMV and getting a sloth to help them.  Some thought that was very funny. It was scratching on a chalkboard for me.  Luckily it was a small portion of the very entertaining film.  After hearing from several people how good it was the hottie and I grabbed my sweet granddaughter Rylee Rose and headed to the AMC theater.   Good times for all.

The movie begins in the suburbs with Judy Hopps.  She is a spunky rabbit who spurs thoughts of continuing in the family carrot farm instead sets sights of being a police officer in the big city of Zootopia.  This is crazy talk as no rabbit has ever moved to the city much less become a cop.  She is determined and eventually her dream comes true.

She finds it difficult when her sergeant only wants to put her on easy jobs like writing parking tickets.  When she stumbles upon a clue to a big crime spree she is off and running with the help of a small time criminal fox.

Zootopia has a good story that keeps the kids involved yet enough jokes to keep the adults amused too.  The voices were perfect with Ginnifer Goodwin and Jason Bateman as the two leads.  The animation was as amazing as you would expect.  You can count the hairs on the lion's head and city life is detailed perfect.  The only thing keeping this from being more than a 9 for me is it gets a little preachy at the end.  Still I was greatly entertained as was my hottie and granddaughter (it was her third viewing and she sat still the whole show).