We Bought a Zoo (2011)
Directed by Cameron
Crowe this film based on the book of the same name stars Matt Damon,
Scarlett Johansson and Thomas Haden Church. Following the death of
his wife a man and his two kids leave the city to take up running a
zoo.
The book this film is
based on is the true account of a British family buying a zoo and
there are a host of changes in this adaptation. While there is
nothing really wrong with the plot of the film it is pretty cynically
put together following the usual clichés for a simple “feel good”
film. No doubt the real story is very interesting but this
fictionalised puff piece has little to say and has no thematic depth
or even considers the issues behind zoos.
2/5
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