It's an expansive visual feast of colors and colorful characters, similar to the creative world of Wreck-It Ralph. Unlike most Disney films, Zootopia itself is so massive its practically begging for continuations through film and television.
The main city itself branches off into several subdivisions, each with its own distinctive personality. The animation is spectacularly detailed and contributes mightily to the storyline about animals living together. However, the surface is quite delightful to look at. Nothing on the surface can actually prepare you for what happens once you enter the setting of Zootopia. Between the layers of intense subject matter and a surprisingly strong mystery plot lies a beautiful message for the kids and tweens that needs to be heard, especially today. Yes, the clock has to reach back 16 years before you can find a Disney Studios animated film as strong as this one. Read the following sentence slowly because you might not believe it the first time you glance through it: Zootopia is the best film under the Walt Disney Animation Studios banner since Emperor's New Groove, and is arguably the most important animated film since Princess and the Frog.
Some movies perfectly personifies the past (Saving Private Ryan), some movies predict the future (Fight Club), and some (like this one) perfectly nail the current issues so accurately you feel like they financed, wrote, and filmed the movie yesterday.