“Zootopia” is a fun animated feature film from the Walt Disney Animation Studios that should be enjoyable for adults and children.

The animation is superb. The characters are very expressive. The detail in the characters’ renderings and the settings, or backdrops, is amazing. The film has an overall uplifting message.

“Zootopia” is a make-believe city or area where there are several distinct quadrants, with contrasting weather, landscapes, cityscapes, types of animal characters and even size of the characters.

Judy Hopps (voiced by Ginnifer Goodwin) is a rabbit who is a rookie police woman with ambitions to make the world a better place. She sees an opportunity with the investigation of missing mammals, especially that of Mr. Otterton, at the pleading of Mrs. Otterton (Octavia Spencer).

Judy is frustrated by Chief Bogo (Idris Elba). She is teamed with a non police officer, a red fox named Nick Wilde (Jason Bateman). Judy doesn’t want to return to the farm of her parents, Stu Hopps (Don Lake) and Bonnie Hopps (Bonnie Hunt). Judy is thwarted in her efforts by Mayor Lionheart (J.K. Simmons), while getting some help from Assistant Mayor Bellwether (Jenny Slate).

There are more celebrity voices, including that for Gazelle (voiced by Shakira, who sings a dance tune, “Try Everything,” in the final. scene).

While the quality of the animation is incredible, the storyline is not. It is derivative, including many tropes that go back to the dawn of the cinema era: a runaway train and a chase on it (in this case, a subway train), a chase across a wooden rope bridge over a chasm, giant characters versus small characters, a mad scientist’s experimental lab and a sendup of “The Godfather.”

Could this be because the screenplay by Jared Bush and Phil Johnston includes credits for seven story writers (Byron Howard, Jared Bush, Rich Moore, Josie Trinidad, Jim Reardon, Phil Johnston and Jennifer Lee), with additional story material by yet another writer, Dan Fogelman? The movie also has two directors: Byron Howard (“Tangled,” 2010; “Bolt,” 2008) and Rich Moore (“Wreck-It Ralph,” 2012), and a co-director, Jared Bush.

There are almost as many writers as there are main characters in “Zootopia.” Well, animation characters can’t exactly speak for themselves. Somebody has to put words their mouths.

The names of the characters are cheeky. Judy Hopps is a bunny, That’s obvious. Assistant Mayor Bellwether is a sheep. A herd of sheep follow the sheep with a bell, hence bellwether, a political term for predictive quality of a particular township, borough or city district or precinct. The name of Chief Bogo is a retail term for Buy One, Get One.

Mayor Lionheart is a lion. Nick Wilde is a red fox. And Mr. Otterton is, in fact, an otter. The screenplay is often pleasantly amusing. Judy Hopps has 275 bunny brothers and sisters.

The voices are well-cast, particularly those of Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman and Idris Elba. For this review, “Zootopia” was seen in the 2D format. There are a few scenes that would be fun in 3D, but not enough to make a difference in your enjoyment of the film.

And, not to get too polically-correct, but I would again like to lodge a complaint about the use of the word “moron” in “Zootopia’ as a derogatory term said by one character to another. This archaic term was once one of several used to classify persons in diagnoses that often led to tragic outcomes. I am surprised and disappointed with Disney for not being more sensitive and aware.

“Zootopia,”MPAA rated PG (Parental Guidance Suggested. Some Material May Not Be Suitable For Children) for some thematic elements, rude humor and action; Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family; Run time: 1 hr., 48 min. Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures.

Credit Readers Anonymous:At the very end of the “Zootopia” closing credits, the sounds of the jungle are heard.

Box Office,March 18: Movie-goers kept hopping down the trail to “Zootopia,” continuing at No. 1 for three weeks in a row, with an impressive $38 million, $201.8 million, three weeks, diverting “The Divergent Series: Allegiant” to open at No. 2, with $29 million, one week, and keeping “Miracles from Heaven” opening at No. 3 with $15 million for the Palm Sunday weekend, and $18.5 million since opening March 16; 4. “10 Cloverfield Lane,” $12.5 million, $45.1 million, two weeks; 5. “Deadpool,” $8 million, $340.9 million, six weeks; 6. “London Has Fallen,” $6.8 million, $50 million, three weeks; 7. “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot,” $2.8 million, $19.2 million, three weeks; 8. “The Perfect Match,” $1.9 million, $7.3 miilion, two weeks; 9. “The Brothers Grimsby,” $1.4 million, $5.9 million, two weeks; 10. ”The Revenant,” $1.2 million, $181.1 million, 13 weeks.

Unreel,March 25:

“Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,”PG-13: Zack Snyder directs Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams and Jesse Eisenberg in the action film about, as the title states, Batman versus Superman. Meanwhile, Lex Luthor is waiting in the wings with Doomsday at the ready. And Wonder Woman may be there to save the day.

“My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2,”PG-13: Kirk Jones directs Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Michael Constantine, Lainie Kazan in the comedy sequel. Yes, this wedding is even bigger for the Portokalos family.

“I Saw the Light,”R: Marc Abraham directs Tom Hiddleston, Elizabeth Olsen, Cherry Jones and David Krumholtz in the biopic about the all too-brief life and career of legendary country and western singer-songwriter Hank Williams.

Two Popcorn Boxes out of Five Popcorn Boxes