I watched it. With my mother.

It is basically the ugly mirror of American society; ironic coming from Disney.
Presented as America but internally New York.
(There literally is a NY train station.)

America is "The land of opportunity" (lies), while New York is the great melting (salad) bowl.
Foxes are African Americans.
Rabbits are blond country hicks.

There is workplace discrimination, racism, and social stigmas.

The one issue I had with the film is that the issues it was goes over were so blatant/transparently presented that it felt it was foisting a social agenda...
But then again, we as a society need to reminded of these things as often as possible, and raise our own social consciousnesses. History is anything but a clean sweep...

I liked the the more serious parts as well. Particularly where Nick was muzzled, it explains his attitude and jaded cynicism. The way scene played also presented the appropriate feel for the psychological/emotional damage the event caused. Overall, the serious parts never felt hammy, which is awesome.

To do the movie justice, it needs a socially conscious audience.

And it didn't really seem to "cater" or target the furry culture. At least to me...

Then again, it wouldn't be PG....