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We Bought a Zoo
Buying a new large house with a zoo brings many terrible for Benjamin, a single father with two children, who struggles against losing his wife, so he buys such a house to begin a new life with his children. Although he faces many challenges and obstacles in opening the zoo to the public, he manages to overcome them all.
10 July 1967, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
19 April 1991, Los Angeles, California, USA
27 December 1979, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
21 September 1963, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
20 April 1984, Detroit, Michigan, USA
1971, Costa Mesa, California, USA
October 01, 2012
A muddled focus keeps We Bought a Zoo from being a guaranteed hit with kids or a captivating adult drama but there are enough compelling moments to make it worthwhile.
December 23, 2011
Crowe seems to be making baby steps into new territory, both stylistically and emotionally.
December 30, 2011
Damon and Colin Ford as his teen son have an affecting hesitancy, their hearts hovering between the living and the dead.
October 24, 2012
...this is packed with all the warmth, heart and humanity that one has come to expect from a Cameron Crowe film.
August 11, 2014
Crowe, who aims high to plant a big smile on your face, does so here more than competently.
October 07, 2015
Since "We Bought a Zoo" doesn't have much on offer, it could and should have at least been a more pointed reminder for us to rediscover nature and support local zoos.
January 09, 2012
Nothing that happens in this movie is in the least surprising, but it's all quite pleasant and even, at times, moving.
June 30, 2013
Packed with too many storylines, this drama feels like a zoo indeed.
January 05, 2012
The movie has animals, kids and fine acting from Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson, but it lacks the emotional honesty and unpredictability that made Crowe's early films so irresistible.
December 28, 2011
The picture annoys you, but it also wrings happy tears, because Crowe pulls at your heartstrings in crafty ways.
March 13, 2012
Crowe, to his credit, is more concerned with insights about family than romance - and some of these are heart-on-sleeve touching if you've got a sweet tooth for the stickier stuff.
July 03, 2016
One of the movie's best teachings is the concept that if one commits to '20 seconds of insane, embarrassing courage,' to attain what one desires, good things always come of it. An instant kid classic.