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By Katie Walsh, Tribune News Service

That “Zootopia 2” is as fresh, funny and densely packed as the first film feels like a miracle, but the truth is that there’s nothing miraculous about it: it’s just made by humans who put a lot of heart, humor and a whole lot of movie references into this long-awaited sequel.

It’s been nine years since “Zootopia” charmed audiences (and won an Oscar), and the bright, brash sequel proves this buddy cop action comedy procedural featuring an ensemble of wild animals still has the juice. We’d watch mismatched crime-fighting partners Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin) and Nick Wilde (Jason Bateman) solve all manner of crimes-of-the-week, Columbo-style.

The reason it works so well isn’t necessarily the crimes or myst

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