Spoiler Free: A lot of fun and a great animated film (even with some minor problems here and there)

Rating: 8/10 (5 March 2016)

When I first heard about Zootopia (back when it was a 2D film) I was both excited and nervous. The anthropomorphic animal idea has been done before, but never has it been used incredibly well. Robin Hood has animals, but the animals don't live in a world that is as interesting as they are.
However, Zootopia happily makes a creative world that is interesting look at and explore (and fortunately, it does explore its world extensively).
The greatest element of this movie is the animals and how they are personified. The Water Buffalo is big, massive, tough, and doesn't care about people's issues. The fox (Nick) is sly, clever, and always trying to escape. The rabbit (Judy), is fast, agile, and always ready to act. This makes for some very lively characters and very fun to watch characters. The animation in this movie is gorgeous and the use of depth perception is really good. Almost every shot is beautiful. You can tell a lot of work went into the look of this movie.
The story itself is good and uses clever elements (and some social commentary) about how a population full of predators and prey would work. What issues would there be? What could go wrong? A lot of these ideas are explored in this film and it sometimes can feel a little heavy-handed, but for the most part all of the subtext works within the film (though there are a couple of moments where it is blatantly aimed at the audience).
My main issue with the film is the final act and the villain. The concept is neat, but the amount of time spent between the villain revealing their-self and them being defeated is about 3 minutes. I know it is supposed to be a mystery until the end, but it didn't seem like a very big pay-off for all of the build-up.
Some of the side-issues involve the drama between some of the characters that feels a little forced just for the sake of drama. Should there be some drama? Yeah, but it should be done in a more logical manner.
All in all, Zootopia is a very entertaining film from Disney and I'm glad I saw it. The animation is great, the story is pretty solid, and the characters support the movie and make it worth a watch even if you don't like the story or some of the (mildly) preachy moments.