All my friends know that I have missed out on one too many animated movies in my lifetime: Finding Nemo, The Lion King, Cars, just to name a few. So I have taken it up in my recent years to keep up with all the animated movies that come out and for my recent movie night, I went with Zootopia.
And I was so glad that I did.
Zootopia is movie about a bunny named Hopps who breaks out of the rabbit stereotype to become a farmer and pursues her dream of becoming a cop in Zootopia, a city where predators and prey live in harmony. She is energetic, optimistic, and unwavering in her goal and eventually finds herself with 48 hours to solve the mystery of missing Mr.Otterton. Along with her is Nick, an annoying fox who succumbs to the stereotype that foxes have as being “sly,” as he is a witness to the scene where Mr.Otterton was last seen. The course and consequences of this journey makes up the bulk of the movie.
This is a wonderful and hilarious movie that goes beyond the surface-level, feel-good message that we can achieve whatever we put our minds to. In a comical and simple way, Zootopia does what a lot of news articles and opinion pieces try to do- it tackles the role of stereotypes in the society we live in today.
Regardless of whether or not you want to read into the meaning of the movie, I would highly recommend popping in to the movie theatres to catch this because I remember laughing a ton, even through the mystery parts, and walking away with such a happy mind and soul.