What do you call a three-humped camel?

Rating: 8/10 (29 March 2016)

Slick, funny and at times rather clever, Zootopia is the kind of animated movie even the most miserable curmudgeon would have a hard time hating: it looks bright and pleasant, features likable characters and manages to sneak a few complex messages about prejudice and civil societies into a neat piece of family entertainment.
A rookie cop bunny (voice by Ginnifer Goodwin) and a con artist fox (voice by Jason Bateman) pair up to crack a case of mysterious disappearances and predators gone wild in the animal-inhabited city of Zootopia. Film noir and buddy movie tropes get an affectionate parodic twist: the water buffalo chief wants results, an arctic shrew is a crime boss, the DMV is managed by sloths, and so on.
Special praise because, in a cinematic age of excess and useless padding, the film is well-paced and runs at a brisk (for today's standard) 105 minutes - it leaves you wanting more, instead of hoping it will finally end.
Unsurprising, and for once deserved, box office triumph.
8/10