We Bought a Zoo

Based on a true story, this is the tale of how a family used their life savings to buy a dilapidated zoo, stocked with 200 exotic animals, and set to close. Dad and the kids had to balance caring for his wife, who was dying of brain cancer, while dealing with escaped tigers, raising endangered animals, working with an eclectic skeleton crew and jumping through legal hoops to ready the zoo for a reopening.

121 minutes.
Mature Accompaniment under 10 (Language).
Comedy, Drama, Family.

We'll always have Paris.

Credits

Cast	Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson, Thomas Haden Church, Colin Ford, Maggie Elizabeth Jones, Angus Mcfadyen, Elle Fanning
Director	Cameron Crowe
Screenplay	Aline Brosh McKenna, Cameron Crowe, from the book by Benjamin Mee
Music	Jon Thor Birgisson
Cinematography	Rodrigo Pietro
Editing	Mark Livolsi
Sound formats	Dolby
Made in	2011
Produced by	Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, LBI Entertainment, Vinyl Films

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Comedy, drama
Language	Mild, occasional
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	None
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments	None
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Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Helen Herimbi The lion and tigers are scene-stealers in parts, but the popcorn would be a better reason to go to the cinema than to see this film.	4
Die Burger Jeanne Calitz Dié dieretein gaan harte steel.	15
Cape Times David Rooney Matt Damon shines in uplifting family tale.	10
Box Office Mark Olsen For the birds.	5
ScreenIt C. Fuchs This is pretty much instantly forgettable stuff once you'll be away from it for a while. But like a real zoo experience, it has enough charms and winning moments to make it enjoyable enough during the actual visit.	12
Metacritic.com 37 critics	12
Rottentomatoes critics 116 critics	13
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer We Bought a Zoo is a transparently cloying effort by director Cameron Crowe, but Matt Damon makes for a sympathetic central character.	13
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	13
Movie Review Intelligence 47 critics	12
What the People say
Internet 3686 Netizens In praise of earnestness	15
Average .. 56%	11