Movie Title - We Bought A Zoo
Genre - Family drama
Studio - 20th Century Fox
Release Date - April 3, 2012
Running Time - 124 Min
Rating - 3 1/2 Golden Bridges
Reviewed By - Dizzy
Comments
- - The Film - -
"We Bought a Zoo" is a comedy-drama film with a narrative that focuses on coping with bereavement, and taking a positive new direction, which is based on a true story.
Benjamin Mee (Matt Damon) loses his wife Katherine to a terminal illness becoming a widower with two children; a creative teenage boy Dylan and an adorable young daughter named Rosie.
It is the journey the Mees' take to recover from their loss that forms most of the story, and the move from an urban neighbourhood to a rural property, with an attached zoo named Rosemoor Animal Park, that becomes their new direction.
At first this is challenging for Benjamin and his son Dylan, and the zoo staff faces a heavy task to bring the facility up to standard for visitors. Yet each character has their own mountain to climb, and the zoo provides them all with a collective goal that is therapeutic for their own recuperation.
This is a film that allows the viewer to appreciate all that life presents, and healing from major grief can be achieved with a task that stimulates the body and the heart and mind.
Benjamin Mee (Matt Damon) loses his wife Katherine to a terminal illness becoming a widower with two children; a creative teenage boy Dylan and an adorable young daughter named Rosie.
It is the journey the Mees' take to recover from their loss that forms most of the story, and the move from an urban neighbourhood to a rural property, with an attached zoo named Rosemoor Animal Park, that becomes their new direction.
At first this is challenging for Benjamin and his son Dylan, and the zoo staff faces a heavy task to bring the facility up to standard for visitors. Yet each character has their own mountain to climb, and the zoo provides them all with a collective goal that is therapeutic for their own recuperation.
This is a film that allows the viewer to appreciate all that life presents, and healing from major grief can be achieved with a task that stimulates the body and the heart and mind.
- - The Extras - -
It's a Zoo - - A fun documentary with the stars and crew talking about the making of the film and working with the animals. Also goes on to talk about the actual zoo and what it took for the family to make it work. Very Enjoyable.
Audio Commentary - with Director Cameron Crowe, Editor Mark Livolsi, and actor JB Smoove. Typical commentary, insights on the filming with behind the scene stories.
Audio Commentary - with Director Cameron Crowe, Editor Mark Livolsi, and actor JB Smoove. Typical commentary, insights on the filming with behind the scene stories.
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