Benjamin has lost his wife. In a bid to start his life over he purchases a large house that has a zoo. This is welcome news for his daughter but his son is not happy about it. The zoo is need of renovation and Benjamin sets about the work with the head keeper Kelly and the rest of the zoo staff. But the zoo soon runs into financial trouble. The staff must get the zoo back to its former glory pass a zoo inspection and get it back open to the public.
Review
We Bought A Zoo is a heartwarming fun movie. The casting is a good as you could wish for and if I had to choose I'd pick this as my favorite Matt Damon film. For anyone who loves animals and I have to confess I'm about head of the line as one of them this is a marvelous picture with not only the people personalities shining forth but so too the animals. In most cases we all know that the brief film clips shown prior to the movie are supposed to be showing the best of the picture. In this case that is far from the truth. I almost passed this delightful movie up because all I could think of was if this is the best there is...I don't think so. I'm so glad I opted to see it in spite of my reservations. Who ever picked the preview clips should be fired...or retrained perhaps because what they went with most certainly didn't do this movie justice. Not even close. It's a really enjoyable movie and I'd recommend it to everyone.