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Although PIXAR’s Hoppers may seem like a misleading title before Easter rolls around, it really is not. The animation alone makes that clear, offering some impressive leaps in digital fractal design alongside more complex renders that push what the studio can pull off. When compared to past works, there’s lots to like, more holiday eggs to be found. Those types of things are never easy to spot when most of the story takes place in a forest glen.

To avoid spoilers, I skipped the usual channels for information. That is because after the last two movies, knowing too much sets up expectations. I wanted to go in fresh. This latest is written and directed by Daniel Chong of We Bare Bears fame and his experience with directing humorous works starring animals shows.

This film is downright hilarious and reverses the idea of man versus nature to show how animals can fight back. When Mabel Tanaka (Piper Curda) learns about a project that lets her project her consciousness into a robot beaver to observe woodland creatures, little does she know about the ecology happening behind the scenes.

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