While Disney and Pixar landed a sci-fi box office bomb last year — I might have loved "Elio," but it definitely didn't pull in the crowds — Daniel Chong's zany caper "Hoppers" has fared better. If you didn't catch it, the movie sees 19-year-old Mabel (Piper Curda) making use of some newfangled tech to transplant her consciousness into the body of a robotic beaver so she can uncover the mysteries of the animal kingdom.
In our "Hoppers" review, Malcolm McMillan called it "delightful" and "basically 'Avatar' but better," and it's drawn plenty of praise elsewhere, too. At the time of writing, this hilarious adventure holds 94% approval ratings from critics and moviegoers alike on Rotten Tomatoes, and it's still one of the highest-grossing movies at the box office (per BoxOfficeMojo).
