Utopian story

Rating: 9/10 (18 March 2020)

Among the many metaphors created by literature and art for human beings, animal is undoubtedly the most appropriate one. The film built up the first impression of Judy rabbit and Nick fox in the audience's mind: the former lively and kind, the latter cunning and sophisticated. In fact, the film begins by playing on, or perhaps playing along with, this stereotype and portraying them exactly as the audience expects them to be. But when you get to the end of the film, you find yourself in the trap of the creators' thinking: zootopia is about an anti-bigoted utopian story.