US EditionReview: Pixar’s ‘Hoppers’ is a wild, wacky visit to animal kingdom
Mabel, a 19-year-old eco-activist, opposes a highway project threatening a vital glade; the film highlights human-animal coexistence and features unique consciousness-transferring technology.
- On March 6, Disney/Pixar's Hoppers opens in theaters, starring Mabel, a 19‑year‑old eco‑activist, in a sci‑fi comedy set in Beaverton.
- Because the highway would destroy the glade in Beaverton, Mabel, a 19-year-old eco-activist, clashes with Mayor Jerry over the project.
- At a university lab, Dr. Sam Fairfax's invention allows consciousness transfer into a robotic beaver, with surreal set pieces like a fake face ripped off and a shark hoisted to menace the mayor.
- The narrative positions scarcity as the core conflict, with Mabel uniting the animal kingdom against a human threat, emphasizing coexistence and community cooperation, as directed by Daniel Chong.
- Rated PG and running one hour and 45 minutes, Hoppers blends environmental messaging with dark humor, and caregivers should note some scary images and mild language before home streaming availability.
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Review: Going undercover as a beaver, a young scientist joins their fight in Pixar's eco-minded 'Hoppers'
Daniel Chong, creator of Cartoon Network's “We Bare Bears,” injects invention and humor back into the Pixar model with a tale of nature and social awakening.
See the star-studded 'Hoppers' cast side-by-side with the Pixar characters they play
Piper Curda, Bobby Moynihan, and Meryl Streep lend their voices to the animated film.Piper Curda as Mabel Beaver and Bobby Moynihan as King George in 'Hoppers'Credit: Disney/PixarKey PointsPiper Curda leads Pixar's Hoppers as Mabel, a teen animal lover who finds herself living inside a robotic beaver.Jon Hamm, Meryl Streep, Bobby Moynihan, and Kathy Najimy round out a quirky cast of humans and creatures.Hoppers is in theaters now.A robotic beave…
What parents need to know about ‘Hoppers,’ ‘Scream 7’ and more
Hoppers (PG) Age 7+ Delightful tale of animals, activism has a few scares “Hoppers” is Pixar’s animated adventure about an animal-loving college student named Mabel (voiced by Piper Curda) who discovers a secret experiment that lets her transport her mind into the body of a robotic beaver so she can try to save a local glade slated for destruction by the town’s mayor. Some action sequences, especially predator-and-prey moments, are played for hu…
Review: Pixar delivers with sweet, action-packed ‘Hoppers’
Hoppers might be built with familiar parts, but Pixar’s latest isn’t trying to hide its various influences. Instead, this buoyant, freewheeling adventure about a spirited 19-year-old environmental activist who infiltrates the animal world in the body a robotic beaver wears its references for all to see. Sometimes it’s with a wink; Sometimes it’s more overt, like Kathy Najimy’s flustered scientist shouting, “This is nothing like Avatar!”
Pixar knows very well what he is doing. He has known it for 40 years, since he opened his doors as an independent animation studio; and also for 20 years, since he became part of Disney (the fruitful marriage will celebrate his 20th anniversary this May). Hence, they have been catching the trick to what their ever wider audience expects. That is why there is no minor project for them, nor secondary. It is the case of Hoppers, his first film of t…
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