By Kayla DeKraker
HOPPERS star Bobby Moynihan made the new Pixar animation extra special for his 8-year-old daughter.
“She’s very happy this week,” he told GOOD MORNING AMERICA in a recent interview. “You know, we recorded this a couple years ago. You know, it takes a long time to make these things. So, my second daughter wasn’t born yet when we were recording, but I got my first daughter’s name in the movie.”
Moynihan voices King George, a “charismatic beaver.”
“…there’s like a little mouse, and I’m hurrying away, [saying], ‘Come on, Dorothy.’ And she looked up at me, very excited,” the actor said of his daughter’s reaction.
The new movie follows Mabel, “A 19-year-old animal lover [who] uses technology that places her consciousness into a robotic beaver to uncover mysteries within the animal world beyond her imagination.”
Moynihan’s daughter loved the movie, especially Mabel.
“…she loves the movie. She absolutely loves it,” he said. “I was not expecting to. Her love of Mabel has was instant. She loves this character…We’re all very lucky that we have Mabel in our lives now for these little girls to have to look up to. It’s the best.”
Fans will have the same response as Moynihan’s daughter, thanks to HOPPERS’ family-friendly themes and pro-life, redemptive content.
“Beautifully animated, HOPPERS tells a delightful, wacky, hilarious story with fun twists and turns,” Movieguide®’s review says. “Despite some Romantic, environmentalist content, the movie ends up on strong morally uplifting notes. For example, it has some pro-life themes. Also, the humans and animals decide to work together to create a paradise for both worlds. Finally, the story also promotes repentance from evil.”
However, Movieguide® notes that “HOPPERS has some scary moments and creatures. There are some snakes, a friendly but menacing female shark, a large bear, and a chase scene with lots of peril. So, MOVIEGUIDE® advises caution for younger children.”
In an industry of sequels, Pixar’s chief creative officer Pete Docter hopes HOPPERS performs well.
“If we don’t continue to do originals, we’re going to run out of stuff,” he told the LA Times. “If HOPPERS can really catch on, it could show that audiences still want original movies. They’re still excited to see things that surprise them, that are not just following through on characters and worlds that they’ve seen before.”
“For a Pixar movie, it’s very high stakes,” added director Daniel Chong, “but I just felt like I had a really funny idea, and I thought as long as we made it really funny and had characters you loved, to me that’s the key to every Pixar movie — really awesome characters that really connect emotionally with people.”
HOPPERS is in theaters now.
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