Pride and diversity

Rating: 8/10 (3 August 2016)

Zootopia or Zootropolis is a thoughtful film about discrimination. A society where animals are divided between predators and prey with suspicion running rampant that certain animals might turn against them.
In Zootopia a vast metropolis the animals live and work side by side whether prey or predator and this is the world where country bunny Judy Hopps is determined to make it in the police force as the first rabbit recruit and bustle with larger animals on the force like bulls and elephants.
When she stakes her career in a missing persons case she needs the help of wily fox and hustler Nick Wilde.The trouble is rabbits have an uneasy relationship with the predatory foxes. Hopps was given fox repellent spray by her parents before she left for Zootopia.
This is a bright, enjoyable colourful film with a message that you cannot judge a book by its cover. The mystery works rather well and some really nice humour undercutting the film with memorable characters such as Flash the sloth and Mr Big the underworld crime boss.
The kids will lap up the detailed but breezy animation and humour, the adults will get the message even if that message might be a bit hazy if you start to think about it.