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Family film tackles grief with humor and deep empathy. Read Common Sense Media's We Bought a Zoo review, age rating, and parents guide.
- Twentieth Century Fox
- Cameron Crowe
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We Bought a Zoo is a transparently cloying effort by director Cameron Crowe, but Matt Damon makes for a sympathetic central character. Read Critics Reviews
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- Cameron Crowe
- PG
- Matt Damon
Dec 21, 2011 · And now they wonder what to do with it. Comedy. 124 minutes ‧ PG ‧ 2011. Roger Ebert. December 21, 2011. 4 min read. Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson in “We Bought a Zoo." There really is a Benjamin Mee, and he and his family really did buy a zoo. The Dartmoor Zoological Park in Devon, England, was opened in 1968, closed in 2006 and then ...
We Bought a Zoo: Directed by Cameron Crowe. With Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson, Thomas Haden Church, Colin Ford. Set in Southern California, a father moves his young family to the countryside to renovate and re-open a struggling zoo.
- Cameron Crowe
- 2 min
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 65% based on 175 reviews, with an average rating of 6.2/10. The website's critical consensus reads, " We Bought a Zoo is a transparently cloying effort by director Cameron Crowe, but Matt Damon makes for a sympathetic central character."
We Bought a Zoo certainly wins this year's prize for most mediocre, heartwarming family film to win over audiences this holiday season.
Dec 22, 2011 · “We Bought a Zoo” is rated PG. (Parental guidance suggested.) A dead mother and a dying animal. WE BOUGHT A ZOO. Opens on Friday nationwide.
