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• Family
• Animation

• 2026
• Daniel Chong
• 104 mins
• U

Summary

Pint-sized eco-activist Mabel is passionate about protecting the glade where she spent many blissful afternoons with her late grandmother. Unfortunately, animals appear to have abandoned the site, allowing Mayor Jerry to confirm plans to construct a highway through the lush retreat.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Emma Simmonds

Pixar blends body-swap chaos with a story about empowering environmentalism in this film directed by We Bare Bears creator Daniel Chong. Teenage activist Mabel (voiced by Piper Curda) is determined to save a forest glade from being bulldozed by Mayor Jerry (Jon Hamm). After uncovering the clandestine experiments of her biology professor (Kathy Najimy), Mabel transfers her consciousness into the body of a lifelike robotic beaver. She befriends a real beaver, King George (Bobby Moynihan), who calls on the assistance of other animal rulers - including Meryl Streep's formidable Insect Queen - to protect the glade, before things go horribly wrong. Pixar's take on beavers is as cute as you'd imagine, and the ferociously principled Mabel makes a fascinating hero. The sparkling script from Jesse Andrews (Luca; Me and Earl and the Dying Girl) boasts a meaty, moderately complicated story that engages without becoming too confusing. It's not quite up there with the studio's finest but this is still witty and wonderfully entertaining, with a positive message about coexistence and not judging our fellow humans too harshly.

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7.2/10

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Theatrical distributor

Walt Disney

Released on

2026-03-06

Languages

English

Formats

Colour

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