2026 · adventure · animation · comedy
Hoppers
Directed by Daniel Chong1h 44m2026
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.
Our read: Hoppers (2026) reads as a cosy, breathless, surreal adventure · animation · comedy entry — gentle in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, breathless, gentle adventure / animation, surreal in texture. Redemptive, epic, tender.
- cosy
- kinetic
- gentle
- inventive
- redemptive
- tender
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How Hoppers feels to watch.
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“You want Pixar animal-uprising comedy with heart, science-fiction silliness, and Oregon vibes.”
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