Fresh
Crowe, to his credit, is more concerned with insights about family than romance - and some of these are heart-on-sleeve touching if you've got a sweet tooth for the stickier stuff.
Cath Clarke, Time Out
Overview
Benjamin has lost his wife and, in a bid to start his life over, purchases a large house that has a zoo – welcome news for his daughter, but his son is not happy about it. The zoo is in need of renovation and Benjamin sets about the work with the head keeper and the rest of the staff, but, the zoo soon runs into financial trouble.
Director and cast
- Cameron Crowe Director
- Matt Damon as Benjamin Mee
- Scarlett Johansson as Kelly Foster
- Thomas Haden Church as Duncan Mee
- Colin Ford as Dylan Mee
- Maggie Elizabeth Jones as Rosie Mee
- Angus Macfadyen as Peter MacCready
- Elle Fanning as Lily Miska
- Patrick Fugit as Robin Jones
- John Michael Higgins as Walter Ferris
- Carla Gallo as Rhonda Blair
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
64%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Nothing that happens in this movie is in the least surprising, but it's all quite pleasant and even, at times, moving.
David Denby, New Yorker
Rotten
The movie has animals, kids and fine acting from Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson, but it lacks the emotional honesty and unpredictability that made Crowe's early films so irresistible.
Rafer Guzman, Newsday
Fresh
Damon and Colin Ford as his teen son have an affecting hesitancy, their hearts hovering between the living and the dead.
David Edelstein, New York Magazine/Vulture
Fresh
The picture annoys you, but it also wrings happy tears, because Crowe pulls at your heartstrings in crafty ways.
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
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