Zootopia 2 Review – Flickreel

Anyone who thought “racism was solved” at the end of  Zootopia  missed the point. Considering that Trump won the election several months later, it’s safe to say that most people didn’t take the message to heart. For all the progress made since the civil rights movement, Zootopia reflected how little we’ve changed as a species. Almost a decade later, the first film is as relevant as ever, making a sequel more than welcome.  Zootopia 2 reminds us that prejudice and political corruption may never go away, although that doesn’t mean the little guy should stop trying to make a difference. It does so with clever writing, immersive environments, and timely themes that don’t just feel like a rehash. Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin) and Nick Wilde (Jason Bateman) are partners now… well, work partners, at least. It’s still a little ambiguous as to whether or not there’s a romantic spark between these two, but we’ll let DeviantArt handle that for now. Judy and Nick find themselves tracking Ke Huy Quan’s Gary, the first snake to surface in Zootopia in years. It’s not a coincidence that Gary slithered by just as Zootopia is on the verge of its 100th anniversary. The Lynxley family is revered for starting Zootopia, making it
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