We Bought a Zoo

Based on a true story, Benjamin Mee is a recently-widowed father who moves his family to a beautiful estate miles outside the city. The only catch is that the estate is also a dilapidated zoo replete with 200 animals, and the purchase of the home is conditional on the new owner keeping the zoo and its entire staff. The Mee family subsequently sets out to rebuild and refurbish the zoo to its former glory, making new friends along the way.

Critical reception

The film has received mixed to positive reviews from critics. The film received a rating of 62% on Rotten Tomatoes. Of the 102 reviewers surveyed, 63 of them certified the film as "fresh" while 39 of them certified it as "rotten". Metacritic gave the film a rating of 58%, with 36 reviews sampled.
Roger Ebert, reviewing for Chicago Sun-Times, awarded the film 2.5 stars out of 4, describing the film as "too much formula and not enough human interest.". He added that the film's "pieces go together too easily, the plot is too inevitable, and we feel little real energy between the players.". However, he did praise actor Matt Damon, whom he says "makes a sturdy and likable Benjamin Mee". The New York Times reviewer Manohla Dargis criticized the fact that Crowe's directing "makes the escalating tension between Benjamin and Dylan the story’s soft center", while keeping "the brutality of illness and death" "safely off-screen", as a "miscalculation". She also noted that the film uses "classic movie logic", specifically pointing out the way that Benjamin quit his job and the fact that he "doesn’t agonize about how he’ll keep his children housed, fed and clothed". On the other hand, Manohla wrote that "you may not buy his [Cameron's] happy endings, but it’s a seductive ideal when all of God’s creatures, great and small, buxom and blond, exist in such harmony."
The Hollywood Reporter commented that the "uplifting tale [the film] has heart, humanity and a warmly empathetic central performance from Matt Damon", although it "doesn't dodge the potholes of earnest sentimentality and at times overplays the whimsy". The reviewer also praised the cast, describing them as "solid", and in particular praised Damon's character, whose struggle he says "gives the movie a soulful pull, even at its most predictable". Overall, this reviewer summarized his review by saying that "Cameron Crowe’s film has some rough edges, but it ultimately delivers thanks to Matt Damon’s moving performance.".

Box office

We Bought a Zoo grossed a total of $2,984,875 on its opening day in the US box office, making it the sixth highest grossing film that weekend. It subsequently earned $14,604,645 in its first four days of screening. As of 28 December 2011, the film earned a total of $23,399,816 in the US box office.

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Cast 

	Matt Damon	...	Benjamin Mee
	Scarlett Johansson	...	Kelly Foster
	Thomas Haden Church	...	Duncan Mee
	Colin Ford	...	Dylan Mee
	Maggie Elizabeth Jones	...	Rosie Mee
	Angus Macfadyen	...	Peter MacCready
	Elle Fanning	...	Lily Miska
	Patrick Fugit	...	Robin Jones
	John Michael Higgins	...	Walter Ferris
	Carla Gallo	...	Rhonda Blair
	J.B. Smoove	...	Mr. Stevens
	Stephanie Szostak	...	Katherine Mee
	Michael Panes	...	Principal
	Kym Whitley	...	Cashier
	Todd Stanton	...	San Diego Vet

Details

Official Sites:

 20th Century Fox [United States] | Official site [Spain] |

Country:

 USA

Language:

 English

Release Date:

 23 December 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

 Un zoológico en casa

Filming Locations:

 990 N. Allen St., Pasadena, California, USA