Zootopia
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Release Date: March 4, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
78
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 43 Critic Reviews
Positive:
39
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
New York PostLou LumenickMar 3, 2016
The year’s best film so far. Read full review
100
The Seattle TimesSoren AndersenMar 3, 2016
Zootopia delights, in ways big and small. Read full review
100
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperMar 2, 2016
Zootopia is brimming with silly, slapstick humor and terrific one-liners — and yes, some simple yet valuable lessons about tolerance and prejudice and learning to embrace our differences. There’s nothing wrong with a lesson or two when those lessons are packaged within such a great and memorable film. Read full review
100
HitfixDrew McWeenyMar 1, 2016
As crazy as the design of the world is, Zootopia ends up feeling like a genuine place. There's a vibrancy to it that runs through everything from the pace of the storytelling to the background details of the world in which the story takes place. Read full review
90
TimeStephanie ZacharekMar 5, 2016
There are enough under-the-radar subtleties, rendered with a refreshing lack of smart-aleckiness, to make Zootopia feel current and fresh. It’s a modest, unassuming entertainment that’s motored by a sly sensibility. Read full review
90
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinMar 3, 2016
Bursting with a rich blend of timely themes, superb voice work, wonderful visuals and laugh-out-loud wit, Walt Disney Animation Studios' Zootopia is quite simply a great time at the movies. Read full review
90
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerMar 3, 2016
Funny, smart, thought-provoking — and musical, too. Read full review
90
The Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenFeb 12, 2016
Boasting a pitch perfect voice cast led by a terrific Ginnifer Goodwin as a righteous rural rabbit who becomes the first cotton-tailed police recruit in the mammal-centric city of Zootopia, the 3D caper expertly combines keen wit with a gentle, and very timely, message of inclusivity and empowerment. Read full review
88
St. Louis Post-DispatchSarah Bryan MillerMar 3, 2016
Zootopia is visually rich, with a fully realized cityscape and an action-filled train station during commuter rush that would take several viewings to fully appreciate. It’s emotionally rich, too, a film that promises to have staying power far beyond spring break. Read full review
88
Rolling StonePeter TraversMar 3, 2016
A tour through the byways of Zootopia is a bracing blend of color and richly detailed design. Read full review
88
Washington PostJen ChaneyMar 3, 2016
The genius of Zootopia is that it works on two levels: It’s a timely and clever examination of the prejudices endemic to society, and also an entertaining, funny adventure about furry creatures engaged in solving a mystery. Read full review
80
The TelegraphRobbie CollinNov 8, 2016
It’s almost certain to be the most existentially probing talking animal cartoon of the year. Read full review
80
Total FilmNeil SmithNov 8, 2016
Zootropolis is a witty, creative and entertaining romp with literally endless sequel potential and the biggest collection of four-legged critters this side of Noah. Read full review
80
CineVueJamie NeishNov 8, 2016
Zootropolis is a real delight - an entertaining and endlessly inventive comedy and something with more insight than anyone could have anticipated. Read full review
80
EmpireJohn NugentNov 8, 2016
It remains entertaining throughout — a testament to the inventiveness of the on-screen action. And Pixar’s influence. Read full review
80
The New YorkerAnthony LaneMar 7, 2016
Zootopia, like its heroine, is zesty, bright, and breakneck, with chase scenes and well-tuned gags where you half expect songs to be. Read full review
80
Arizona RepublicBarbara VanDenburghMar 3, 2016
What it lacks in thematic innovation it more than makes up for with enough memorable characters and visual splendor to make Zootopia a perennial Disney favorite. Read full review
80
New York Daily NewsKatherine Pushkar Mar 2, 2016
Zootopia is so well done I forgot it was animated. Read full review
80
Time Out LondonDave CalhounFeb 29, 2016
The world that Zootropolis creates is intelligent and fascinatingly detailed – it feels more like a movie by Disney-owned Pixar than a straight Disney film. Read full review
78
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovMar 2, 2016
Easily one of Disney’s more imaginative and detail-oriented CGI offerings in a while, Zootopia uses the classic tropes of anthropomorphized animals and comic references to pop-culture touchstones to slyly puzzle out what it means to be “civilized.” Read full review
75
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliMar 5, 2016
There’s a lot here for kids to like and nearly as much to keep parents from fidgeting. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzMar 5, 2016
If Zootopia were a bit vaguer, or perhaps dumber and less pleased with itself, it might have been a classic, albeit of a very different, less reputable sort. As-is, it's a goodhearted, handsomely executed film that doesn't add up in the way it wants to. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneKatie WalshMar 5, 2016
Ultimately, all audiences can find something to enjoy in Zootopia, though adults may find more to sink their teeth into, which is always refreshing. Read full review
75
ConsequenceDominick Suzanne-MayerMar 5, 2016
There’s a depth to the city that shows how far the form has come in a short time, and Zootopia is better off for it, especially when it still ultimately doesn’t break away from the familiar Disney formula as much as some of the studio’s other recent films have managed. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaMar 3, 2016
Apart from its anthropomorphic, allegorical angle, Zootopia is also a tale of female empowerment and a classic noir, too. Read full review
75
USA TodayBrian TruittMar 3, 2016
Its colorful residents make Zootopia a wondrous place to visit for two hours until you have to go back to real life, where Shakira isn’t a gazelle and law enforcement is a lot less furry. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubMar 3, 2016
Throughout Zootopia, each bustling frame is packed with so much repeated-viewings-rewarded imagery that the screen must be sampled rather than taken in as a whole. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerMar 2, 2016
Like Disney’s "Big Hero 6," the movie is busy, but not breathless with invention. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineKenji FujishimaMar 2, 2016
The film goes deeper in its allegorizing, tapping into the volatile nature of identity politics. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyMar 1, 2016
Zootopia delivers the genre’s requisite barrage of quick-hit puns and pop culture riffs. Read full review
75
The Film StageJosh Slater-WilliamsMar 1, 2016
Zootopia proves a successful amalgamation of disparate influences, much like its eponymous city. Read full review
75
Movie NationRoger MooreFeb 29, 2016
The movie’s message about tolerance and not pre-judging others sings, and the many chases, interrogations (a weasel ably voiced by Alan Tudyk) and narrow escapes pay off. Read full review
75
TheWrapRobert AbeleFeb 12, 2016
Thankfully the creators of this expansive adventure, a crime-solving saga starring a bunny who wants to be a cop, have a bit more in mind than the usual strains of aww-dorable humor and frenetic action. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinMar 5, 2016
What saves this big-budget cartoon behemoth is its modest, old-fashioned storytelling. Read full review
70
ScreenCrushE. Oliver WhitneyMar 5, 2016
The biggest strength of Zootopia is in how it acknowledges all identities are capable of carrying prejudice and wielding judgement, yet the first step toward change is awareness. Read full review
70
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternMar 3, 2016
Like the movie as a whole, she (Judy) is funny, sweet, sophisticated and adventurous. Read full review
70
Screen DailyJohn HazeltonFeb 13, 2016
Though it never gets too preachy, the film delivers its message about the dangers of stereotyping quite clearly and draws parallels with instances of everyday racial prejudice among humans. Read full review
70
VarietyPeter DebrugeFeb 12, 2016
It is, in short, a city that only the Mouse House could imagine, and one that lends itself surprisingly well to a classic L.A.-style detective story, a la “The Big Lebowski” or “Inherent Vice,” yielding an adult-friendly whodunit with a chipper “you can do it!” message for the cubs. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeTom RussoMar 3, 2016
Judy and Nick’s unlikely-buddies routine is amusing, but their exploits and interplay occasionally neglect the youngest demographic. Read full review
60
The GuardianJordan HoffmanMar 5, 2016
It’s somewhat heavy material for a film aimed at children, but perhaps very necessary in an age where a beer-stained uncle might have ruined Thanksgiving wearing a Make America Great Again baseball cap. Read full review
60
Village VoiceMichelle OrangeMar 1, 2016
Heavy with pop allusions and references to other crime underworld movies, including The Godfather and Chinatown, Zootopia is impressive in its visual conception and scope: At once straightforward and densely layered with wit and incident, it manages a lively clip and the odd fresh joke. Read full review
58
Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallMar 3, 2016
Good intentions don't always make for good movies. Case in point: Zootopia, a Disney film with more on its mind than animated fun and fuzzies. So much, in fact, that it loses track of what audiences expect, what they're being sold. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Kate TaylorMar 5, 2016
Zootopia takes the cultural practice of posing animals as human characters to queasy new heights. Read full review
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