PIXAR is back! Hoppers is the latest original animated effort from the studio and is looking to be (fingers crossed) their first original hit in quite a while. Now, to be fair, Elemental did have great legs and went on to make over half a billion dollars... but even that had a really slow start opening weekend. It continued on and made money becuase it was well received, and I think a similar effect will work on Hoppers even though it's already opening bigger. I have loved Pixar since I was a kid; like so many Gen-Z'ers, so many of their movies mean so much to me and I'm always ready for Pixar to shatter my soul & piece it back together all in a 100-minute family film. Does Hoppers alos stand as their best original work of the 2020s? Find out in this review!

Hoppers:

Directed by: Daniel Chong

Screenplay by: Jesse Andrews

Story by: Daniel Chong and Jesse Andrews

Produced by: Nicole Paradis Grindle

Executive Producers: Pete Docter, Kiri Hart, Domee Shi, Peter Sohn, Lee Unkrich, Michael Warch

Original Score by: Mark Mothersbaugh

Directors of Photography: Jeremy Lasky, Ian Megibben

Edited by: Axel Geddes

Casting by: Kate Hansen-Birnbaum, Natalie Lyon, Kevin Reher

Production Design by: Bryn Imagire

Cast: Piper Curda, Bobby Moynihan, Jon Hamm, Kathy Najimy, Dave Franco

Synopsis: Scientists have discovered how to ‘hop’ human consciousness into lifelike robotic animals, allowing people to communicate with animals as animals. Animal lover Mabel seizes an opportunity to use the technology, uncovering mysteries within the animal world beyond anything she could have imagined.