The plot: Detectives Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde find themselves on the twisting trail of a mysterious reptile who turns the mammal metropolis of Zootopia upside down. Testing their growing partnership like never before, they go under cover in new parts of town to crack the case.
I was so looking forward to this sequel.
Zootopia 2 was very good.
Pros: This one did feel at the same level as the original in quality. It expanded upon the world further. The villain was surprisingly good. I like how they explain issues like displacement and ethnic cleansing through the eyes of the snake. All of the voice cast was really good including Ginnifer Goodwin and Jason Bateman as Hopps & Wilde respectively. Its animation is still the same and still looks good and the story felt more impactful and relatable.
Cons: Mishandling of the Pawbert’s character. too many cameos I can’t figure out who voices who a lot of the times and thought there’s a few cliches.
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Directed by Jared Bush, Byron Howard
Produced by Yvett Merino
Written by Jared Bush
Starring: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Ke Huy Quan, Fortune Feimster, Andy Samberg, David Strathairn, Shakira, Idris Elba, Patrick Warburton, Quinta Brunson, Danny Trejo, Alan Tudyk, Nate Torrence, Don Lake, Bonnie Hunt & Jenny Slate.
Cinematography: Tyler Kupferer (layout), Daniel Rice (lighting)
Edited by Jeremy Milton
Music by Michael Giacchino
Production companies: Walt Disney Animation Studios
Distributed by: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
The Casts:
- Ginnifer Goodwin as Judy Hopps, a young optimistic rabbit from Bunnyburrow and the first rabbit of the Zootopia Police Department (ZPD)
- Jason Bateman as Nick Wilde, a sly red fox and a former con artist who later joined the Zootopia Police Department as their first fox
- Ke Huy Quan as Gary De’Snake, a pit viper being pursued by Judy and Nick while trying to help his family
- Fortune Feimster as Nibbles Maplestick, a beaver podcast and conspiracy theoriest host living in Marsh Market who encounters Judy and Nick
- Andy Samberg as Pawbert Lynxley, a Canada lynx who is the awkward and youngest of the Lynxley family
- David Strathairn as Milton Lynxley, Pawbert’s father and the patriarch of the Lynxley family
- Shakira as Gazelle, a Thomson’s gazelle who is a pop music star
- Idris Elba as Chief Bogo, the African buffalo chief of police of the Zootopia Police Department
- Patrick Warburton as Mayor Brian Winddancer, a stallion who is a former actor and the current Mayor of Zootopia who succeeds Leodore Lionheart and Dawn Bellwether
- Quinta Brunson as Dr. Fuzzby, a quokka who is Judy and Nick’s police partner therapist
- Danny Trejo as Jesús, a plumed basilisk
- Nate Torrence as Benjamin Clawhauser, an overweight cheetah who works at the ZPD
- Bonnie Hunt as Bonnie Hopps, a rabbit and mother of Judy
- Don Lake as Stu Hopps, a rabbit and father of Judy
- Michelle Gomez as Captain Hoggbottom, a razorback who is the head of the ZPD’s T.U.S.K. unit
- David Fane as Truffler, Hoggbottom’s razorback partner
- Joe “Roman Reigns” Anoa’i and Phil “CM Punk” Brooks as Gene Zebraxton and Gene Zebrowski, a pair of zebra cops known as the “Zebros”
- Stephanie Beatriz as Bloats, a hippopotamus ZPD cop
- Wilmer Valderrama as Higgins, a hippopotamus ZPD cop. He was previously voiced by Raymond S. Persi. Though his lines were cut, Valderrama is still listed in the credits.
- Jean Reno as:
- Bûcheron, a goat police officer
- Chèvre, a goat police officer
- Alan Tudyk as:
- Duke Weaselton, a least weasel croo
- A French raccoon chef
- Milt Kohl
- Reporter
- Macaulay Culkin as Cattrick Lynxley, the son of Milton Lynxley
- Brenda Song as Kitty Lynxley, a lynx who is the sharp-tongued daughter of Milton Lynxley
- John Leguizamo as Antony Sootley, a giant anteater smuggler that Judy and Nick try to bust.
- Tommy Lister Jr. as Finnick, a fennec fox and Nick’s former partner in crime who acts undercover as a baby bunny. Lister died in 2020 and his family allowed Disney to use unused recordings from Zootopia for the sequel to fill in his lines. In the credits, the film was dedicated in memory of Lister.
- Maurice LaMarche as Mr. Big, a Vito Corleone-esque crime boss Arctic shrew operating in Tundratown
- Leah Latham as Fru Fru, an Arctic shrew who is Mr. Big’s daughter and Judith’s mother
- Raymond S. Persi as Flash Slothmore, a three-toed sloth
- Jenny Slate as Dawn Bellwether, a sheep criminal mastermind, the former Assistant Mayor of Zootopia, and the former Mayor of Zootopia who is incarcerated in the prison that Nick and Nibbles were incarcerated in
- Josh Dallas as the Frantic Pig
- Tommy Chong as Yax, a yak
- Auliʻi Cravalho as an anti-venom pen owned by Gary
- Hewitt Bush as Armpit Pete
- Blake Slatkin as Baalake Lambkin, a sheep
- Nick DiGiovanni as Slick Di’Giguani, an iguana bartender
- Tig Notaro as Big Tig, a bear prisoner
- Milan and Sasha Piqué as Binky and Blinkston Hopps, Judy’s younger brothers.
- Jake Robards as BJ Hornsby
- Bob Iger as Bob Tiger, a tiger weather forecaster
- Daniel Van Graulau as Buzz Shedley
- Amanda Gorman as Deandra Bambino, a giraffe reporter
- Ed Sheeran as Ed Shearin, a sheep
- Yvette Nicole Brown as:
- EMT Otter, a North American river otter medic
- Bearoness Bear, a brown bear who is a guest at the Zootenial Gala
- Tiffany Lonsdale as a Zootenial Gala announcer
- George Pennacchio as George Purrnacleo, a lion reporter
- Byron Howard as:
- Berthold Hufschmerz, a goat
- Bucky, a gemsbok who is Judy’s neighbor.
- Joel
- Jared Bush as:
- Jürgen Ziegenkäse, a goat who is identical in appearance to Berthold.
- Pronk, a greater kudu who is Bucky’s life-partner.
- June Squibb as Gram Gram, Judy’s grandmother
- Rachel House as Gramma Taller, a giraffe prisoner
- Melissa Goodwin Shepard as a knife-wielding mouse
- Cecily Strong as Little Judith, Fru Fru’s daughter
- Allegra Leguizamo as Maria Nutriamo
- Mario Lopez as Denny Howlett, a wolf reporter
- Michael J. Fox as Michael J., a fox prisoner
- Mark Rhino Smith as Officer McHorn, a black rhinoceros police officer
- Josh Gad as Paul Moldebrandt, an ornery mole who works as the Zootopia Police Department’s IT expert
- Peter Mansbridge as Peter Moosebridge, a moose news reporter for Zootopia News Network (or ZNN for short)
- Fabienne Rawley as Fabienne Growley, Peter Moosebridge’s co-anchor
- Robert Irwin as Robert Furwin, a koala
- David VanTuyle as Russ, a walrus plumber residing in Marsh Market
- Anika Noni Rose as Squeal of Fortune Mouse
- Taylen Biggs as Tailen Smalls, a mouse
- Mae Martin as Tuffy Cheeksworth, a guinea pig prisoner
- Dwayne Johnson as Zeke, an accident-prone dik-dik
I Highly recommend this sequel in cinemas this weekend.
Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars
Ryan Balkwill:
Resident film reviewer,
Level Best Art Cafe