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Hoppers
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Hoppers

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2026 • 104 min • ★ 8.2 (2,331) • Released
Adventure Animation Comedy Family Science Fiction

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.

Original title
Hoppers
Language
EN
Country
US
Budget
$150,000,000
Revenue
$389,685,783
Reviews & Ratings 6
andrewtislercinephile

andrewtislercinephile

Sep 28, 2026 · via TMDB

★ 9.0

Pixar has recently made some chaotic movies, from *Turning Red* to this flick, *Hoppers*. The humor is extremely unhinged and laugh-out-loud funny, delivering one wild brag after another. Every joke and physical piece of comedy is extremely entertaining, some even darker than others. The movie also has really creative animation, blending edgy human character designs with stop motion-like wildlife and textures while retaining Pixar's signature realistic polish. I also really love the main character, Mabel Tanaka, and her desire to advocate for environmental protection. I've recently seen a horse farm be turned into a neighborhood along with an empty forest, so I felt like Mabel herself in that I wanted these things to remain intact, but at the same time, I knew that it is impossible to stop it from happening. The way they handled Mayor Jerry was also brilliant as instead of being a power-hungry, greedy politician, he is a well-meaning mayor who just wants to help the people of Beaverton out by creating a highway so they could get to work on time. The music by Mark Mothersbaugh delivers an edgy, fast-paced feel to the movie's tone and pacing, and the song "Save the Day" by SZA is extremely uplifting. My only issue is how evil Titus is. Pixar only made him this way to shut up people who wanted more villains in animated movies. While his comedy definitely fits right in with the tone, his genocidal plan doesn't. Hoppers is still a lot of fun nonetheless, but its villain does it drag it down a little.

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Manuel São Bento

Jun 9, 2026 · via TMDB

★ 7.0

Check out my full review @ https://www.manuelsbento.com/hoppers-2026-a-vivid-leap-into-radical-empathy/ Rating: B HOPPERS completely disarmed me. As a massive animal and nature lover, Mabel's journey of transferring her consciousness to understand the natural world brought me close to tears multiple times. Pixar delivers stunningly immersive forest visuals and a high-energy voice cast that keeps you hooked. While the narrative gets a bit overcrowded with too many ideas to reach the studio's absolute peak emotional heights, its reflection on human greed feels painfully accurate. It's a deeply optimistic, inspiring, and highly recommended family film that beautifully champions radical empathy.

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popcar2

May 3, 2026 · via TMDB

★ 6.0

Feels more like a Dreamworks movie than a Pixar one. It was pretty fun but it felt unambitious compared to their other movies, there aren't many characters of note or many locations to make it feel like an adventure (most of the movie takes place in the glade or the university, both of which are fairly simple). The overarching story is also a bit... Meh. I feel like a lot of characters could've been explored and the story could've been more than just "save the glade". It's still a good popcorn flick but it's missing a lot for it to be memorable.

C

Chris Sawin

Mar 22, 2026 · via TMDB

Hoppers is fantastically animated, with some impressively high comedic moments, but its clunky story and funky exploration of morality keep it from being one of the Pixar greats. https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/ent/comedy/hoppers-review.html

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emailaddressforgl

Mar 16, 2026 · via TMDB

★ 8.0

entertainment movie, not so engaging but one time watch is good. some scenes are really enjoyable, concept is good by the way.

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

Mar 6, 2026 · via TMDB

★ 7.0

The town’s mayor wants to built a beltway around his city, and it’s almost complete. The only missing segment is over a lake that has been dammed by some now absent beavers. “Mabel” is determined to thwart the constructors, but with all the animal life having seemingly relocated to pastures/ponds new there seems little she can do to stop their dynamiting. Then she learns that if she can reintroduce some wild critters to the waters, then it will be saved. How, though? Well one evening she espies one but it doesn’t like the look of the new surroundings and moves on. She follows it and after a bit of subterfuge, finds herself in a secret laboratory where her college teacher has perfected a scientific technique to link human brains to robotic bodies and so recreate animal. “Mabel” is not to be stopped on her quest, and so promptly finds herself with a new fur coat and introduced to the mammal king “George” who now hosts all the displaced from the motorway. She knows that she must get him and his fellow monarchs from above and below the water to ally if she is to have any chance of restoring the equilibrium of nature. what chance she can rally them all to defeat the bulldozers, though? The environmental message is all pretty blunt, but it is delivered in an amiable fashion with some fun (and puns) from the writing, a lovely scene depicting regal succession in the insect world and even a flying shark as we are gently reminded that humanity is but one of the creatures that lives on our Earth. This also manages to stay clear of sentimentality - not always so easy when the plot is all about all things furry, feathery or fishy, and it’s also refreshing in it’s targeting of the civic administration as the “baddie” here, rather than just opting for those pesky and evil corporate types. It’s reminding us that as usual, it is our own convenience that usually drives projects that destroy and/or pollute the natural resources we all need to survive. The animation is all fairly standard, but it is of an high standard and this has enough for the grown-ups amongst us to keep it worth a watch.

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Cast 30
Piper Curda

Piper Curda

Mabel (voice)

Bobby Moynihan

Bobby Moynihan

King George (voice)

Jon Hamm

Jon Hamm

Mayor Jerry Generazzo (voice)

Kathy Najimy

Kathy Najimy

Dr. Sam (voice)

Dave Franco

Dave Franco

Insect King (voice)

Eduardo Franco

Eduardo Franco

Loaf (voice)

Aparna Nancherla

Aparna Nancherla

Nisha (voice)

Sam Richardson

Sam Richardson

Conner (voice)

Melissa Villaseñor

Melissa Villaseñor

Ellen (voice)

Isiah Whitlock Jr.

Isiah Whitlock Jr.

Bird King (voice)

Steve Purcell

Steve Purcell

Amphibian King (voice)

Ego Nwodim

Ego Nwodim

Fish Queen (voice)

Nichole Sakura

Nichole Sakura

Reptile Queens (voice)

Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep

Insect Queen (voice)

Karen Huie

Karen Huie

Grandma Tanaka (voice)

Lila Liu

Lila Liu

Young Mabel (voice)

Eman Abdul-Razzak

Eman Abdul-Razzak

Insect Prince (voice)

Vanessa Bayer

Vanessa Bayer

Diane (voice)

Joe Spano

Joe Spano

Ancient Beavertonian (voice)

Matthew Yang King

Matthew Yang King

Additional Voices (voice)

Bob Peterson

Bob Peterson

Additional Voices (voice)

Lori Alan

Lori Alan

Additional Voices (voice)

Grey DeLisle

Grey DeLisle

Additional Voices (voice)

Laraine Newman

Laraine Newman

Additional Voices (voice)

Carlos Alazraqui

Carlos Alazraqui

Additional Voices (voice)

Rick Zieff

Rick Zieff

Additional Voices (voice)

Alex Désert

Alex Désert

Additional Voice (voice)

Jeff Pidgeon

Jeff Pidgeon

Additional Voices (voice)

Bill Barretta

Bill Barretta

Additional Voices (voice)

Daniel Chong

Daniel Chong

Additional Voices (voice)

Crew 55
Bert Berry

Bert Berry

Graphic Designer

Bryn Imagire

Bryn Imagire

Production Design

Jeremy Lasky

Jeremy Lasky

Director of Photography

Daniel Chong

Daniel Chong

Director

Terri Douglas

Terri Douglas

ADR Voice Casting

Kevin Reher

Kevin Reher

Casting

Domee Shi

Domee Shi

Executive Producer

Lee Unkrich

Lee Unkrich

Executive Producer

Pete Docter

Pete Docter

Executive Producer

Peter Sohn

Peter Sohn

Executive Producer

Rosana Sullivan

Rosana Sullivan

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Ajani Perkins

Ajani Perkins

ADR & Dubbing

Alex Désert

Alex Désert

ADR & Dubbing

Anoush NeVart

Anoush NeVart

ADR & Dubbing

Bill Barretta

Bill Barretta

ADR & Dubbing

Bob Peterson

Bob Peterson

ADR & Dubbing

Brent Mukai

Brent Mukai

ADR & Dubbing

Carlos Alazraqui

Carlos Alazraqui

ADR & Dubbing

Damien C. Haas

Damien C. Haas

ADR & Dubbing

Daniel Chong

Daniel Chong

ADR & Dubbing

Debra Wilson

Debra Wilson

ADR & Dubbing

Demetri Martin

Demetri Martin

ADR & Dubbing

Eric Edelstein

Eric Edelstein

ADR & Dubbing

Eric Lopez

Eric Lopez

ADR & Dubbing

Gabrielle Nevaeh

Gabrielle Nevaeh

ADR & Dubbing

Grey DeLisle

Grey DeLisle

ADR & Dubbing

Jack Myers

Jack Myers

ADR & Dubbing

Jake Green

Jake Green

ADR & Dubbing

Jeff Pidgeon

Jeff Pidgeon

ADR & Dubbing

Josh Cooley

Josh Cooley

ADR & Dubbing

Karen Huie

Karen Huie

ADR & Dubbing

Kyler Spears

Kyler Spears

ADR & Dubbing

Laraine Newman

Laraine Newman

ADR & Dubbing

Lila Liu

Lila Liu

ADR & Dubbing

Liza del Mundo

Liza del Mundo

ADR & Dubbing

Lori Alan

Lori Alan

ADR & Dubbing

Marcus Toji

Marcus Toji

ADR & Dubbing

Matthew Yang King

Matthew Yang King

ADR & Dubbing

Melanie Minichino

Melanie Minichino

ADR & Dubbing

Rick Zieff

Rick Zieff

ADR & Dubbing

Sean Rohani

Sean Rohani

ADR & Dubbing

Secunda Wood

Secunda Wood

ADR & Dubbing

Steve Purcell

Steve Purcell

ADR & Dubbing

Terri Douglas

Terri Douglas

ADR & Dubbing

Dennis Leonard

Dennis Leonard

Foley Mixer

Mark Mothersbaugh

Mark Mothersbaugh

Original Music Composer

Doc Kane

Doc Kane

Production Sound Mixer

SZA

SZA

Songs

Ren Klyce

Ren Klyce

Sound Designer

Coya Elliott

Coya Elliott

Supervising Sound Editor

Jesse Andrews

Jesse Andrews

Screenplay

Daniel Chong

Daniel Chong

Story

Jesse Andrews

Jesse Andrews

Story

Max Sachar

Max Sachar

Story Manager

Madeline Sharafian

Madeline Sharafian

Story Supervisor

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