An unexpected and very pleasant surprise.

Rating: 9/10 (1 April 2016)

Taking our daughter for an Easter treat, we expected this to be okay, but ultimately just another kids film; how wrong we were.
Excellent technically, good story, character-driven, fun plot; enough to be interesting but not too much to lose younger viewers; the animation... Just WOW! From the start to the closing credits, exceptional attention to detail, depth and design. The fur on rabbits being distinctly different from that on foxes and them both being different form the otters', etc. Not just simple things like colour and length, but texture, shine, movement, et al. Weirdly (considering their significance in the film) only the sheep were less well realised than all the other animals.
Great social references without force-feeding them to us and being over saccharine or sanctimonious; as can often be the case when family films try to ram-home "worthy" messages. Look out for the "don't call me cute" sequence early-on, for a brilliantly handled example.
Can't recommend highly enough, an excellent example of the genre. Oh, and the soundtrack is brilliantly crafted to hook all ages.
N.B. As testament to the anthropomorphism, I (a gruff, middle-aged British dinosaur into Rock and Metal) with zero knowledge of "Pop Culture" and having not seen so much as a trailer for this movie, was able to impress my family with "Is Gazelle Shakira?"