{"id":160800,"date":"2026-03-03T12:52:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T20:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=160800"},"modified":"2026-03-03T12:52:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T20:52:36","slug":"hoppers-earns-strong-critical-reviews-as-pixar-returns-to-theaters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/hoppers-earns-strong-critical-reviews-as-pixar-returns-to-theaters\/","title":{"rendered":"Hoppers earns strong critical reviews as Pixar returns to theaters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pixar\u2019s new animated movie <strong>Hoppers<\/strong> has received its first <strong>Rotten Tomatoes<\/strong> score ahead of its theatrical release on March 6, 2026, in the United States. Early critiques suggest the studio is returning to strong form after several recent films premiered with mixed to negative reactions. As of now, Hoppers stands among highly rated Pixar titles and is being compared to past Pixar successes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-160801\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hoppers-Rotten-Tomatoes-score.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hoppers-Rotten-Tomatoes-score.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hoppers-Rotten-Tomatoes-score-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hoppers-Rotten-Tomatoes-score-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hoppers-Rotten-Tomatoes-score-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hoppers-Rotten-Tomatoes-score-330x220.jpg 330w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hoppers-Rotten-Tomatoes-score-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hoppers-Rotten-Tomatoes-score-615x410.jpg 615w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hoppers-Rotten-Tomatoes-score-860x573.jpg 860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>&#8220;It shouldn\u2019t all hang together as well as it does, but the movie\u2019s freewheeling plotting is exhilarating, even more so when a frantic chase accelerates the action,&#8221; The Hollywood Reporter said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p>According to early reviews, Hoppers ranks alongside films such as Toy Story 4 and Monsters Inc. The film is only surpassed by Coco, Inside Out, Toy Story 3, Up, Finding Nemo, Toy Story, and Toy Story 2, which have become classics for the studio. However, some argue Pixar never truly declined, as more recent projects like Elio, Inside Out 2, and Elemental also received positive reviews. Still, the new score positions Hoppers among the studio\u2019s strongest movies to date.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>&#8220;Don\u2019t call it a comeback &#8212; but this is really strong stuff from Pixar: funny, thoughtful, sweet, making for a heartfelt paean to nature, and beavers in particular. Dam good,&#8221; Empire noted about the film.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8216;Hoppers&#8217; never stops surprising you in rudely antic ways, and that\u2019s the essence of its delight,&#8221; Variety stated.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/PypDSyIRRSs?si=PFgghavAhshQXVDe\" title=\"Hoppers | Official Trailer\" width=\"1240\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PypDSyIRRSs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The film follows Mabel, voiced by Piper Curda, who uses new technology to transfer her consciousness into a robotic beaver to communicate with animals. She joins forces with King George, voiced by Bobby Moynihan, to confront a human threat led by Mayor Jerry Generazzo, voiced by Jon Hamm. The cast also includes Meryl Streep, Dave Franco, and Kathy Najimy. The movie is directed by Daniel Chong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pixar\u2019s new animated movie Hoppers has received its first Rotten Tomatoes score ahead of its theatrical release on March 6, 2026, in the United States. Early critiques suggest the studio is returning to strong form after several recent films premiered with mixed to negative reactions. As of now, Hoppers stands among highly rated Pixar titles [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":160802,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,1399,7],"tags":[],"tmauthors":[3734],"class_list":{"0":"post-160800","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-movies","9":"category-news"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160800\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160800"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=160800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}