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Perhaps the best thing about being a self-proclaimed cinephile \u2014 and dating someone who isn\u2019t \u2014 is watching films that wouldn\u2019t exactly be labeled as \u201cdate night movies.\u201d I know I\u2019m guilty of this crime; I\u2019ve dragged my girlfriend to the theater to watch a Korean auteur\u2019s revenge black comedy<\/a>, an exploration of control in relationships<\/a> and the sexiest yearning that has ever been<\/a> on screen. So the natural next step for us, obviously, was to see the new Pixar movie about funny-looking beavers.<\/p>\n But somehow and someway, \u201cHoppers\u201d is actually the perfect date night movie.<\/p>\n Like the prototypical Pixar film, the gist of \u201cHoppers\u201d is simultaneously\u00a0out there yet simple. The narrative centers Mabel Tanaka (Piper Curda), a college animal rights activist with a grudge against Mayor Jerry Generazzo (Jon Hamm) due to his plans to build a freeway over an empty forest glade that she has a deep connection with. After an attempt to repopulate the glade and sabotage the freeway, Mabel stumbles upon a conspiracy at her university \u2014 one that involves transporting human minds into lifelike robotic animals. One thing leads to another, Mabel lands herself inside a beaver robot and comedic chaos ensues as she infiltrates the forest.<\/p>\n \u201cHoppers\u201d starts slow. The opening minutes contain a cliche backstory for our outcast protagonist basked in some tame family-oriented humor. In fact, the film continues to be mundane even after the inciting incident of Mabel being transported into a robot. However, \u201cHoppers\u201d flips a switch and goes on an upward trend when the film\u2019s savior, a beaver named King George (Bobby Moynihan) is introduced \u2014 a character whose comedic and heartfelt presence brightens up the film. From that point until the end, the movie becomes a delightful animated treat to watch.\u00a0<\/p>\n