ZOOTOPIA – FLASH, the fastest sloth working at the DMV—the Department of Mammal Vehicles. ©2015 Disney. All Rights Reserved.
Disney’s 55th animated feature film, Zootopia opens today in 3,827 theaters across the country. The 3D computer-animated action, buddy comedy film is about a rabbit police officer and a red fox con artist who partner up to solve a case in a city of bipedal animals.
According to Darrin Butters, an animator at Walt Disney Animation Studios, the animation department relied on research from past anthropomorphic-based films such as Robin Hood, visits to Disney’s Animal Kingdom, and even a trip to Kenya to capture various animals’ motions and facial expressions.
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 99%, based on 98 reviews. It has already been released in some European countries under the name Zootropolis.
The film is directed by Byron Howard and Rich Moore, co-directed by Jared Bush, and stars Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba, J.K. Simmons, Tommy Chong, Octavia Spencer, Jenny Slate, and Shakira. It’s rated PG.
Showtimes at the Dunellen Theater are: Fri 4-4: 5:00 – 7:30, Sat-Sun 4-5 to 4-6: 12:15 -2:45 -5:15 -7:45, Mon-Thurs 4-7 to 4-10: 5:00 – 7:30
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