Story
Zootopia is a place where predator and prey animals live together in harmony. Judy Hopps the rabbit (voiced by Ginnifer Goodwin) dreams of being a police officer and making the world a better place. Despite objections from her friends and family, Judy moves to Zootopia to follow her dream. In Zootopia, Judy must work with a sly fox named Nick Wilde (Jason Bateman) to discover why predator animals around the city are going missing. The answer might threaten Zootopia’s harmony.
Themes
Kidnapping; discrimination; separation from family; bullying
Violence
Zootopia has some violence. For example:
Sexual references
None of concern
Alcohol, drugs and other substances
Zootopia shows some use of substances. For example, animals are injected with a toxic flower substance that changes the way they behave. Judy and Nick find the lab where the toxin is made, and it looks a bit like a drug lab.
Nudity and sexual activity
Zootopia has some nudity and sexual activity. For example:
- Gazelle, a singer, wears glittery, revealing clothing and dances suggestively.
- Judy and Nick visit an animal nudist colony. The animals are shown without clothes, and Judy is shocked.
Product placement
Zootopia features some products that are like real-life products – for example, ‘Zuber’ (Uber), ‘ZNN’ (CNN) and phones that look like iPhones.
Coarse language
Zootopia has some coarse language and insults that children might copy.
Ideas to discuss with your children
Zootopia is an entertaining comedy that most of the family will enjoy.
Zootopia is most suitable for children aged over eight years. Because of the movie’s violence and scary scenes, we don’t recommend it for children under seven years. We also recommend parental guidance for seven-year-olds.
The main messages from this movie are to:
- follow your dreams
- not judge people based on appearance or stereotypes
- work as a team to achieve your goals.
Values that you could reinforce with your children include bravery and optimism. You could also talk about the effects of bullying and what the movie says about bullying.