A true story of a single father who convinces himself that his family needs a fresh start, decides to move in an unusual settlement: a zoo. To his primary reason, it turned the other way around. While a series of misfortunes stirred; the father finds a space in his heart and with the help of an eclectic staff, he decides to return the zoo to its glory.
While Crowe is known for unpredictability, at this early of a post, I would take the gut to say that "No, this movie, is predictable". It is something tolerable because it eases to deliver us raw emotion and usher us to a space of honesty in the film. Based from a memoir by the main character, the movie is completely Americanized, which made the flick better, or worse regardless, a proof is the main lead -- Matt Damon. Matt Damon is a professional actor in every way you could think of him. He is sensible, and this flick evidences that. Young actor Collin Ford does an honest and skillful acting as a troubled son; while the daughter stirs cuteness and cuddle to the flick. One thing that the film translates easily is the decency of the Benjamin Mee, the main character. There was a scene, of which he quits his job right after his boss' ominous words: "I'm giving you an online column." I believe Matt Damon and Collin Ford as father-son delivers the movie fully, actually their connection as characters is far better than the material.
'We Bought A Zoo' isn't a roaring lion, but rather a lioness filled with heart in her. It lacks of Crowe-power or unpredictability, but moving performances courtesy of our Damon, and Ford salvages the movie to a 3.5 star-rating.
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