Zootropolis 2 (PG)

Zootropolis 2 is pure delight, every bit as exciting, and heartwarming, and imaginative as the Oscar-winning original, and maybe even funnier.

Those heroes are, again, the opposites-in-temperament Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin), a bunny who is enthusiastic, and committed to justice, and Nick Wilde (Jason Bateman), a fox who is a former con artist. They met on opposite sides of the law in the first film, but now Nick has joined the police as Hopps’ partner.

They immediately get into trouble after ignoring orders from Police Chief Bogo (Idris Elba) and end up on a wild chase after a perpetrator in a catering van labeled “Amoose Bouche” (there are many such animal related sight-gags).

This leads them to uncover a massive conspiracy: long ago reptiles, and especially snakes, were ostracised from Zootropolis, and their entire way of life was scrubbed in favour of expansion by the “superior” mammals (the mirroring of current events isn’t subtle, but highly welcomed). Zootropolis 2 is zippy, and highly enjoyable, but it also has the kind of heart that has too long seemed to be missing from other Disney offerings, and many other animated films for that matter.