We Bought a zoo

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Title from container.
Based on the book by Benjamin Mee.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2011.
Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson, Thomas Haden Church, Patrick Fugit, Elle Fanning, John Michael Higgins.
A memoir by Benjamin Mee, tells the true account of how the author and his family used their life savings to buy a dilapidated zoo, replete with 200 exotic animals facing destruction, in the English countryside. Mee, along with his children, had to balance caring for his wife, who was dying of brain cancer, with dealing with escaped tigers, raising endangered animals, working with an eclectic skeleton crew and readying the zoo for a reopening.
DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 (English), Dolby surround (French, Spanish).
Contents: We bought a zoo.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Entertaining submitted by shadowsword88 on June 19, 2012, 7:01am It was a good movie for watching with your family.

Cute submitted by alumeng.ajl on June 24, 2012, 2:47pm I watched this with my family and it was a sweet family movie.

Not Enough Zoo! submitted by crazypockets on July 7, 2012, 11:35am I'm always telling my sister (who has a degree in zoology) she needs to buy me a zoo, and she rolls her eyes at me. So I thought I'd check this out for the family to watch together for a laugh. I think I was unprepared for how much of the story would center around the family dealing with the death of the mother. From the marketing, I expected more of a light-hearted story about a family buying a zoo and all the complications that come with that. But the drama of the family just went on and on.... That was fine, but I guess I would have liked it better if it had been more focused on the animals.

good movie submitted by honordenver on July 19, 2012, 1:39pm we bought a zoo

Ick. submitted by monipate on July 30, 2012, 9:50pm No chemistry whatsoever between Matt Damon and Scar-Jo...and definitely not between Scar-Jo and the kids. Beautiful zoo, though.

Fun Family Film submitted by ldibble on June 25, 2013, 8:50am "It seems so great to me. Everyone should watch this movie.It was sad cause their mom died, but then they got happy again." - L age 6
"I liked when the girl, that was little, fed the peacocks and she named them all the same thing. That's funny" - E age 4

zoorific submitted by karinnet on August 6, 2013, 8:27pm great family movie

Good submitted by hornv on July 12, 2014, 4:37pm I thought it was a good movie. My family and I loved it.

Wonderfully Involving submitted by ramcgarty on August 11, 2014, 8:39am This movie is a great family film with both serious moments and times of humor. I'd watch it again.

loved it submitted by NathanielDodge on August 30, 2014, 7:10am best movie ever!!!!!!!

good family film submitted by smgop on August 24, 2015, 7:14pm nicely done!

Refreshing submitted by toschag on August 3, 2016, 12:50pm Good family movie with realistic themes and a good ending. Pretty rare these days! Also, killer soundtrack.

We bought a zoo submitted by dree411 on August 5, 2016, 10:15am Good movie

We Bought A Zoo submitted by SBNB on August 22, 2016, 4:45pm Good movie, based on a book. The whole family enjoyed it.

We Bought A Zoo submitted by a2sue on July 24, 2017, 12:05am We Bought A Zoo was pretty good.

Cute submitted by KOH on August 12, 2017, 7:46pm A family friendly, warm movie.

We bought a zoo submitted by c_zhang on June 29, 2019, 12:40pm Good family movie with realistic themes and a good ending.

a little boring submitted by kevinhe on July 20, 2019, 5:01pm not so good except the surprising ending.

ok submitted by yufamily on August 13, 2019, 12:18pm far fetched

We bought a zoo submitted by crp on August 29, 2019, 3:02pm an enjoyable movie with good characters

I Hate This Movie submitted by Shaylane Webb on April 2, 2020, 5:07pm I Hate We Bought A Zoo Because It's Not A Kids Movie It's A Adult Movie.

Not what I thought submitted by maureenannarbor on July 18, 2020, 2:03pm I didn't realize it would be such a sad movie in the beginning. I wish I had read a review of it.

Waste of time submitted by SaraP on August 8, 2022, 7:36am I'm surprised they got Matt Damon to get involved with this. It feels like a made for TV movie.