From the Shelf: Zootopia
I have to say I'm amazed that this film works as well as it does. In my mind if a film takes on serious subjects like racism and intolerance it can very easily devolve into a head smashing competition. Where the film is more interested in making its audience learn a lesson rather than telling a story. I am happy to report however Zootopia is not of the above and in fact very poignantly gets its ideas across while telling a very engaging and entertaining story. Perhaps Zootopia works because it is confident, and it knows its characters and its world . A world in which its inhabitants are very regimented. They know where they belong and that is where they're going to stay. Though the main character Judy Hoppes believes her choices will define who she is not how or where she grew up. You see Judy is a rabbit who wants to be a Zootopia police officer. Though only lager animals up until this point have be...