One of Disney's best films, period.

Rating: 10/10 (31 March 2016)

I'll admit. The marketing for Zootropolis hadn't pulled me in that much. It was only upon its U.S. release and the flood of positive reception that I thought "okay, maybe this discount Chicken Little is better than it appears". And I'll say, Zootropolis is Disney's best film since Beauty and the Beast. Just because an idea has been done before, in this case, anthropomorphic animals, that doesn't mean that an interesting spin can be taken on it; which is exactly what Disney did, and I guffawed a lot when watching the movie. We have two great lead characters in Jason Bateman's Nick Wilde and Ginnifer Goodwin's Judy Hopps, an incredibly fleshed out world and the social commentary and moral, while maybe a bit on the nose, do feel very timely. Zootropolis is my favourite film of 2016 so far, and I will definitely be buying it on Blu-Ray. A masterclass in animation and storytelling, Zootropolis is absolute brilliance.